Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 9:18
And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
18. with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne ] A quite different detail takes the place of this in 1Ki 10:19, and the top of the throne was round behind. Perhaps both details were found in the original text of Kings.
and stays on each side of the sitting place ] R.V. and stays (mg. “arms”) on either side by the place of the seat.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The footstool (not mentioned in Kings) was an essential appendage to an Oriental throne; it appears everywhere in the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian sculptures.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 1Ki 10:19].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(18) With a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne.Instead of this Kings has, And the throne had a rounded top behind. Although the footstool is a prominent object in Oriental representations of thrones, it is quite possible that our text is due to a corruption of that which appears in Kings, and with which the Syriac here agrees. The LXX. renders, and six steps to the throne, fastened with gold, omitting the footstool. The Heb. is at all events suspiciously awkward.
For the remainder of this and the following verse see 1Ki. 10:19-20. The chronicler has made two, slight verbal corrections in 2Ch. 9:19.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 9:18 And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
Ver. 18. And there were six steps. ] Haec omnia fuerunt mystica. All about this throne was mystical and significative.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
six. See App-10.
stays = supports. Hebrew = hands.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
stays: Heb. hands
two lions: Gen 49:9, Gen 49:10, Num 23:24, Num 24:9, Rev 5:5
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 9:18. With a footstool of gold This is not mentioned in the parallel passage in 1Ki 10:18, where see the note.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
9:18 And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] {i} fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the {k} stays:
(i) That is, the steps and the footstool were fastened to the throne.
(k) Upon the pommels or knops.