1 Kings 10:12
New English Translation
12 With the timber the king made supports[a] for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments[b] for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.[c])
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- 1 Kings 10:12 tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
- 1 Kings 10:12 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
- 1 Kings 10:12 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
1 Kings 10:12
King James Version
12 And 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.
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1 Kings 10:12
The Voice
12 The king transformed the almug trees into steps for the Eternal’s temple and the palace. He also made lyres and harps for the musicians. Almug trees like these had never before entered Israel, and they never have since.
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1 Kings 10:12
English Standard Version
12 And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.
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