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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Throne
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(1) Of a king; (2) of a judge or a priest (). Solomon's throne () was a chair of ivory with circular back and arms, overlaid with gold, raised on six steps; on each side of each step was a lion of gold, and there was "a footstool of gold fastened to the throne" (). Usually set on a dais and under a canopy (so the "rainbow about the throne" of the Almighty, ). For "seats" translated, thrones in and . So in Satan mimics Christ's "throne." "Thrones" in are a princely order of angels, higher than "dominions" or lordships. Reclining or sitting on the ground being the usual postures, a chair marked dignity (; ). To express royalty "throne of the kingdom" was the phrase (). Elevation marked the king's throne, from whence Jehovah's throne is "high and lifted up" (). "The throne of the governor" in is his official house where his throne was, on or near the city wall.