KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Chronicles 9:11
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
WEB World English Bible
The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh, and for the king’s house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.
ASV American Standard Version
And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 9
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;
14 Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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וַיַּ֣עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doהַ֠מֶּלֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲצֵ֨יH6086 · etstree: woodהָֽאַלְגּוּמִּ֜יםH418 · al.gum.mimalgumמְסִלּ֤וֹתH4546 · me.sil.lahhighwayלְבֵית־H1004 · betplaceיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוּלְבֵ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְכִנֹּר֥וֹתH3658 · kin.norlyreוּנְבָלִ֖יםH5035 · ne.velbagלַשָּׁרִ֑יםH7891 · shirto singוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotנִרְא֥וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeכָהֵ֛םH9038 · hemthemלְפָנִ֖יםH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeבְּאֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetיְהוּדָֽה׃H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah
Cross-references
1 Kings 10:12And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.Psalm 150:3-5Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.1 Chronicles 23:5Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].Psalm 92:1-3A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
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