2 Chronicles 9:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:12 : 12 And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.
  • 1 Chr 23:5 : 5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
  • 1 Chr 25:1 : 1 Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:
  • Ps 92:1-3 : 1 <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High; 2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; 3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.
  • Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him praise with corded instruments of music. 4 Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments. 5 Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass.
  • Rev 5:8 : 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
    4 verses
    88%

    10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

    11 And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

    12 And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

    13 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

    10 And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
    78%

    27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
    75%

    15 And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
    75%

    27 And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

  • 2 Sam 6:5
    73%

    5 And David and all the men of Israel made melody before the Lord with all their power, with songs and with corded instruments and instruments of brass.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    73%

    12 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

    11 (Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

  • 2 Chr 2:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

    9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 2 Chr 3:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

    6 And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

  • Song 3:9
    72%

    9 King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 30:26
    71%

    26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
    71%

    7 Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.

  • 1 Kgs 6:18
    71%

    18 (All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    71%

    11 Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.

  • 2 Chr 20:28
    71%

    28 So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 9:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 And twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

    20 All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 29:25
    70%

    25 Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    70%

    3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
    70%

    6 So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
    70%

    4 And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    70%

    11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    69%

    1 Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    69%

    21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10
    69%

    10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

  • 1 Kgs 7:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.

    12 The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    69%

    16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 25:6
    69%

    6 All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    69%

    1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35
    69%

    35 These were ornamented with designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, plated over with gold.

  • 1 Chr 15:16
    69%

    16 And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9
    69%

    9 All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.

  • 2 Chr 9:17
    69%

    17 Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    69%

    12 And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • Neh 12:27
    68%

    27 And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    68%

    15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • Ps 92:3
    68%

    3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    68%

    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Chr 13:8
    68%

    8 Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    68%

    18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    68%

    1 Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was: