2 Chronicles 9:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and the king's palace, also harps and lyres for the singers. Nothing like them had ever been seen before in the land of Judah.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The king made from the algum wood terraces for the house of the LORD and for the king's palace, and harps and lyres for singers; such things had never been seen before in the land of Judah.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And of the same costly tymber dyd Salomon cause to make stares in the house of the LORDE, and the kynges house, and harpes and psalteries for the Musicians. There was no soch tymber sene before in the londe of Iuda.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the King made of the Algummim wood staires in the house of the Lorde, and in the Kings house, and harpes and violes for singers: and there was no such seene before in the lande of Iudah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the king made of the Algume wood stayres in the house of the Lorde and in the kinges palace, & harpes, and psalteries for singers: And there was none such wood seene before in the land of Iuda.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh, 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    With the timber the king made steps for the LORD’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that.)

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 10:12 : 12 The king used the almug wood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Such fine almug wood has never been imported or seen since that day.
  • 1 Chr 23:5 : 5 four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments David had made for worship.
  • 1 Chr 25:1 : 1 David, along with the army leaders, set apart the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun for the work of prophesying, using harps, lyres, and cymbals. Their work and number of those engaged in this service were recorded.
  • Ps 92:1-3 : 1 A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day. 2 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. 3 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.
  • Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre. 4 Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes. 5 Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with loud clashing cymbals.
  • Rev 5:8 : 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    10And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    11Moreover, Hiram’s ships, which had brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

    12The king used the almug wood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Such fine almug wood has never been imported or seen since that day.

    13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9Then she gave the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    10Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
    78%

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
    75%

    15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
    75%

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the lowlands.

  • 2 Sam 6:5
    73%

    5David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood—lyres, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    73%

    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

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

    10At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,

    11King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 2 Chr 2:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Provide a large amount of timber for me, because the house I am building will be great and extraordinary.

    9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • 2 Chr 3:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.

    6He adorned the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold used was gold from Parvaim.

  • Song 3:9
    72%

    9King Solomon made himself a carriage from the woods of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 30:26
    71%

    26There was great joy in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
    71%

    7He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.

  • 1 Kgs 6:18
    71%

    18The cedar within the house was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone could be seen.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    71%

    11They gave it to the craftsmen and builders to buy dressed stones, timber for joists, and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

  • 2 Chr 20:28
    71%

    28They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

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

    19Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at each end of a step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any kingdom.

    20All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon’s days.

  • 2 Chr 29:25
    70%

    25He stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the command of David, Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; the command was from the LORD through His prophets.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    70%

    3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
    70%

    6Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
    70%

    4He also supplied cedar logs without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar logs to David.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    70%

    11Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    69%

    1When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    69%

    21All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10
    69%

    10Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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

    11Above were precious stones cut to measure, along with cedar wood.

    12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    69%

    16Then Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them, and they were found to be 153,600.

  • 1 Chr 25:6
    69%

    6All these men were under their father's direction for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, lyres, and harps for the service of the house of God. They were under the direction of the king, Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    69%

    1King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35
    69%

    35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and he overlaid the carvings with evenly applied gold.

  • 1 Chr 15:16
    69%

    16David instructed the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as singers, to sing joyful songs accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9
    69%

    9All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

  • 2 Chr 9:17
    69%

    17The king made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    69%

    12Now I have sent you a skilled and insightful craftsman, Huram-Abi.

  • Neh 12:27
    68%

    27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgiving and with singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    68%

    15This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • Ps 92:3
    68%

    3To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    68%

    4When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Chr 13:8
    68%

    8David and all Israel celebrated with all their might before God, with songs, harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    68%

    18But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    68%

    1David, along with the army leaders, set apart the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun for the work of prophesying, using harps, lyres, and cymbals. Their work and number of those engaged in this service were recorded.