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 1 Kings 10:19-20. The chronicler has made two, slight verbal corrections in 2 Chronicles 9:19.