Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
The king fashioned an immense seat of ivory coated with the purest gold, where he sat surrounded by exceptional riches and outward show. It was placed in a judgment hall roofed with cedar, approached by six steps, formed with a rounded top behind, with supports on either side of the sitting place and sculpted lions flanking the seat and lining each step on both sides. Such workmanship had never been produced in any other realm.
That magnificence is set against the unadorned loveliness of field lilies, whose beauty surpassed even his most expensive garments. Yet amid all that outward grandeur he remained troubled over a misspent life, proving that riches and display apart from genuine devotion cannot supply satisfaction, tranquility, or joy.
The king fashioned an immense seat of ivory coated with the purest gold, where he sat surrounded by exceptional riches and outward show. It was placed in a judgment hall roofed with cedar, approached by six steps, formed with a rounded top behind, with supports on either side of the sitting place and sculpted lions flanking the seat and lining each step on both sides. Such workmanship had never been produced in any other realm.
That magnificence is set against the unadorned loveliness of field lilies, whose beauty surpassed even his most expensive garments. Yet amid all that outward grandeur he remained troubled over a misspent life, proving that riches and display apart from genuine devotion cannot supply satisfaction, tranquility, or joy.