10 Moreover, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, (A)who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones. 11 And the king made from the algum wood (B)supports for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, lyres also and harps for the singers. There never was seen the like of them before in the land of Judah.

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10 (The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon brought gold from Ophir;(A) they also brought algumwood[a] and precious stones. 11 The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:10 Probably a variant of almugwood

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.

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