KJV King James Version
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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2 Chronicles 9:10
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
WEB World English Bible
The servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
ASV American Standard Version
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 9
7 Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
11 And the king made [of] the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
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וְגַם־H1571 · gamalsoעַבְדֵ֤יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveחוּרָם֙H2361 · chu.ramHiramוְעַבְדֵ֣יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveשְׁלֹמֹ֔הH8010 · she.lo.mohSolomonאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichהֵבִ֥יאוּH935 · boto come (in): comeזָהָ֖בH2091 · za.havgoldמֵאוֹפִ֑ירH211 · o.phirOphirהֵבִ֛יאוּH935 · boto come (in): comeעֲצֵ֥יH6086 · etstree: woodאַלְגּוּמִּ֖יםH418 · al.gum.mimalgumוְאֶ֥בֶןH68 · e.venstoneיְקָרָֽה׃H3368 · ya.qarprecious
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 8:18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.1 Kings 10:11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.1 Kings 9:27-28And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.1 Kings 10:22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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