19
There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
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Verse 19. Behind, like an alcove, ( Bible.) placed in the porch of the palace. Calmet. 7:8.—Hands, for the elbows to rest on. In Paral. S. Jerom translates, “little” arms. The feet might also be made in this shape. Josephus (viii. 5.) represents them as forming the seat: ( Calmet.) and the Septuagint place them on each side: “the fore-parts of oxen, projecting from the back of the throne, and hands on the throne, on each side of the seat.” In Paral. also, we find a foot-stool of gold. Bible.
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