9:18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. 1 The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 2
1 tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”
2 tnHeb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”