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Lexicon :: Strong's H3678 - kissē'

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כִּסֵּא
Transliteration
kissē'
Pronunciation
kis-say'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1007

Strong’s Definitions

כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ, kis-say'; or כִּסֵּה kiççêh; from H3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied):—seat, stool, throne.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x

The KJV translates Strong's H3678 in the following manner: throne (127x), seat (7x), stool (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x
The KJV translates Strong's H3678 in the following manner: throne (127x), seat (7x), stool (1x).

  1. seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool

    1. seat (of honour), throne

    2. royal dignity, authority, power (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ, kis-say'; or כִּסֵּה kiççêh; from H3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied):—seat, stool, throne.
STRONGS H3678: Abbreviations
כִּסֵּא, כִּסֵּה 133 noun masculine 2 Samuel 7:16 seat of honour, throne (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician (plural) כרסים; Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא, bdb049006; Biblical Aramaic כָּרְסֵא, Zinjirli כרסא DHMSendsch. 58. 44; Arabic bdb049007; but Assyrian kussu; perhaps Akkadian loan-word; ideogram iṣ GU. ZA, compare DlHWB 343); — absolute כִּסֵּא Genesis 41:40 +; כִּסֵּת 1 Kings 10:19 (twice in verse); Job 26:9, הַכִּסֶּא Ezekiel 1:26; construct כִּסֵּא 2 Samuel 3:10 +, כֵּס [H3676 Exodus 17:16 (si vera lectio; see below); suffix כִּסְאִי 1 Kings 1:13 +, כִּסְאֲךָ 2 Samuel 7:16 +, כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ 1 Kings 5:19 +, כִּסְאוֺ Exodus 11:5 +; plural כִּסְאוֺת Psalm 122:5 (twice in verse); suffix כִּסְאוֺתָם Ezekiel 26:16; Isaiah 14:9; — seat of honour, usually
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a. of king = throne Genesis 41:40 (E), Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29 (both J) 1 Kings 2:19; Isaiah 47:1; Ezekiel 26:16; of queen-mother 1 Kings 2:19b; מַלְכוּתוֺ כ׳ Esther 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zechariah 6:13a (in Zechariah 6:13b read עליֿמינו Greek Version of the LXX StaZAW 1881, 10); of dead kings in She'ôl Isaiah 14:9; נָתַן כ׳, in, or against a place, said of king himself, (only Jeremiah) is a sign of conquest (Jeremiah 1:15); so שִׂים כּ׳ Jeremiah 43:10, and (of י׳) Jeremiah 49:38; in Judges 3:20, though of king, not seat of office; + 12 times elsewhere, literal.
†b. throne of י׳ (אלהים) as heavenly king, Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 1:26 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 10:1; 1 Kings 22:19 2 Chronicles 18:18; Job 26:9; Psalm 11:4; Isaiah 66:1 heaven is my throne; as seat of judgment Psalm 9:5; Psalm 9:8; in oath יָד עַלכּכֵּס יָהּ [H3676 Exodus 17:16 (compare Di; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵס banner; Greek Version of the LXX κρυφαία √ כסה, favours כס); Jerusalem called throne of י׳ Jeremiah 3:17, so the sanctuary Jeremiah 17:12 (כָּבוֺד מָרוֺם כ׳), Ezekiel 43:7.
†2. of high priest 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 4:13, 18; of honoured guest 2 Kings 4:10; of governor Nehemiah 3:7; of (unjust) judge הַוּוֺת כ׳ Psalm 94:20; = conspicuous seat (literally) Proverbs 9:14; = seat of distinction, explicitly כָּבוֺד כ׳ Isaiah 22:23; כ׳ alone 2 Kings 25:28 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:32 (twice in verse); Esther 3:1.
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a. figurative = royal dignity, authority, power, הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאוֺ נָקִי 2 Samuel 14:9; לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֺ וּלְבֵיתוֺ וּלְכ׳ 1 Kings 2:33; especially kingdom, with verbs of setting up, establishing, י׳ subject, דָוִד הֵקִים כ׳ 2 Samuel 3:10, כִסְאֲךָוּבָנִיתִי Psalm 89:5, so with שִׂים Psalm 89:30; king subject, בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאוֺסָעַד Proverbs 20:28; passive דָוִד יִהְיֶה נכִון כ׳ 1 Kings 2:45 the throne of David shall be established, compare 2 Samuel 7:16 = 1 Chronicles 17:14; וְהוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כ׳ Isaiah 16:5 (of Messianic reign); so (in general) בִּצְדָקָה יִכּוֺן כ׳ Proverbs 16:12, compare Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 29:14; intransitive (with הָיָה) Psalm 89:37; more fully, י׳ subject, מַמְלַכְתּוֺ וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶתכֿ׳ 2 Samuel 7:13 (כֹּנֵן כסאו in || 1 Chronicles 17:12), מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַֿ יִשְׂרָאֵלוַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶתכֿ׳ 1 Kings 9:5, compare || 2 Chronicles 7:18 and וַהֲכִינוֺתִי כ׳ <Times New Roman>מַלְכוּתוֺ עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵל 1 Chronicles 22:10; also מגּר כ׳ Psalm 89:45 cast down throne, of Gentile nations מַמְלָכוֺתוְהָפַכְתִּי כ׳ Haggai 2:22; יָשַׁב עלכֿ׳ sit on the throne of any one (especially David) = be his successor 1 Kings 1:13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 35, 48; 1 Kings 2:12; 1 Kings 3:6; 2 Kings 13:13, especially Jeremiah 13:13; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 22:2 + 5 times Jeremiah; לָ֑ךְ ֵֽֽֽישְׁבוּ לְכ׳ Psalm 132:12; more fully 1 Chronicles 29:23; causative הוֺשִׁיב עלכֿ׳ 1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 5:19; 2 Kings 10:3; הֹשִׁיב לַכּ׳ figurative Job 36:7, of placing in honour; לָ֑ךְ לָ֑ךְ לְכ׳ אָשִׁית בִטְנְךָ מִפְּרִי Psalm 132:11; † ישׁב עלכֿ׳ also = take one's seat as king, become actual king, possess royalty 1 Kings 16:11, often sit on the throne of Israel 1 Kings 8:20, 25 2 Chronicles 6:10, 16; 1 Kings 10:9; 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Kings 15:12; Jeremiah 33:17; without ישׁב 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 9:5, compare also Isaiah 9:6 (Messiah); ישׁב עלכֿסא מַמְלַכְתּוֺ Deuteronomy 17:18, עלכֿסא הַמְּלוּכָה 1 Kings 1:46, and even עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵללָשֶׁבֶת עַלכִּֿסֵּא מַלְכוּת י׳ 1 Chronicles 28:5; also הַמְּלָכִים ישׁב עַלכֿ׳ 2 Kings 11:19, || הַמַּמְלָכָה כ׳ 2 Chronicles 23:30; of (royal) throne as judgment seat Proverbs 20:8, compare also Psalm 122:5; set one upon the throne of Israel ישׂ׳ עלכֿ׳ נתן פ׳ 1 Kings 10:9 compare || 2 Chronicles 9:8; in comparative sentence יְגַדֵּל אֶתכִּֿסְאוֺ מִכּ׳, i.e. make him a more powerful king than, 1 Kings 1:37, compare 1 Kings 1:47; of king of Babylon, מִמַּעַל לְכוֺכְבֵיאֵֿל אָרִים כִּסְאִי Isaiah 14:13. In Psalm 45:7 כִּסְאֲךָ אלהים וגו׳ the text is probably corrupt: AE Hi Ew Bae read thy throne is (a throne) of God; Bi Che insert הקימונכונה יסודתו thy throne [its foundation is firmly fixed], God [has established it]; see further Dr§ 194, Obs.
†b. throne of (אלהים) י׳ = his royal dignity, sovereign, Lamentations 5:19; Psalm 93:2; Psalm 103:19 (הֵכִין כ׳; || מַלְכוּת); כְבוֺדֶ֑ךָ כ׳ Jeremiah 14:21; קָדְשׁוֺ יָשַׁב עַלכֿ׳ Psalm 47:9; כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ מְכוֺן וּמִשְׁפָּט צֶדֶק Psalm 89:15; compare Psalm 97:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:40; 41:40

Exodus

11:5; 11:5; 12:29

Deuteronomy

17:18

Judges

3:20

1 Samuel

1:9; 4:13; 4:18

2 Samuel

3:10; 3:10; 7:13; 7:16; 7:16; 7:16; 14:9

1 Kings

1:13; 1:13; 1:17; 1:20; 1:24; 1:27; 1:30; 1:35; 1:37; 1:46; 1:47; 1:48; 2:4; 2:12; 2:19; 2:19; 2:24; 2:33; 2:45; 3:6; 8:20; 8:25; 9:5; 9:5; 10:9; 10:9; 10:19; 16:11; 22:19

2 Kings

4:10; 10:3; 10:30; 11:19; 13:13; 15:12; 25:28

1 Chronicles

17:12; 17:14; 22:10; 28:5; 29:23

2 Chronicles

6:10; 6:16; 7:18; 9:8; 18:18

Nehemiah

3:7

Esther

3:1; 5:1

Job

26:9; 26:9; 36:7

Psalms

9:5; 9:8; 11:4; 45:7; 47:9; 89:5; 89:15; 89:30; 89:37; 89:45; 93:2; 94:20; 97:2; 103:19; 122:5; 122:5; 132:11; 132:12

Proverbs

9:14; 16:12; 20:8; 20:28; 25:5; 29:14

Isaiah

6:1; 9:6; 14:9; 14:9; 14:13; 16:5; 22:23; 47:1; 66:1

Jeremiah

1:15; 3:17; 13:13; 14:21; 17:12; 17:25; 22:2; 33:17; 43:10; 49:38; 52:32

Lamentations

5:19

Ezekiel

1:26; 1:26; 10:1; 26:16; 26:16; 43:7

Haggai

2:22

Zechariah

6:13; 6:13

H3678

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3678 matches the Hebrew כִּסֵּא (kissē'),
which occurs 135 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 41:40–1Ch 17:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command.[fn] Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:18 - “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by[fn] the Levitical priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - And Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And he arose from his seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s,
and on them he has set the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:13 - He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:16 - And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.[fn] Your throne shall be established forever.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father’s house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so will I do this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:46 - Solomon sits on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - Moreover, the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has granted someone[fn] to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - that the LORD may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack[fn] a man on the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12 - So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the LORD forevermore.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:45 - But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - And so I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel forever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - The throne had six steps, and the throne had a round top,[fn] and on each side of the seat were armrests and two lions standing beside the armrests,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne and fight for your master’s house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - And the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the gate of the guards to the king’s house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:12 - (This was the promise of the LORD that he gave to Jehu, “Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it came to pass.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:12 - He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

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