David and all the Israelites were dancing in front of the Lord and playing all kinds of musical instruments. There were lyres, [36] harps, drums, rattles, instruments made from cypress wood, and cymbals. [37]
1 Kings 10:12 - Easy To Read Version Solomon used the wood to build supports in the temple and the palace. He also used the wood to make harps [131] and lyres [132] for the singers. No other person has ever brought that kind of wood {to Israel} and no person has seen that kind of wood since that time. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of the almug wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and lyres also and harps for the singers. No such almug wood came again or has been seen to this day. American Standard Version (1901) And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day. Common English Bible The king used the almug wood to make parapets for the LORD’s temple and for the royal palace as well as lyres and harps for the musicians. To this day, that much almug wood hasn’t come into or been seen in Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king made, from the thyine wood, the posts of the house of the Lord, and of the house of the king, and citharas and lyres for the musicians. No thyine trees of this kind were ever again brought forth or seen, even to the present day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king made of the thyine trees the rails of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and citterns and harps for singers: there were no such thyine trees as these brought, nor seen unto this day.) |
David and all the Israelites were dancing in front of the Lord and playing all kinds of musical instruments. There were lyres, [36] harps, drums, rattles, instruments made from cypress wood, and cymbals. [37]
Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir. Those ships also brought very much wood [130] and jewels.
Then King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba gifts that a king usually gives to a ruler from another country. Then he gave her anything else she asked for. After this, the queen and her servants went back to her own country.
4,000 Levites will be gatekeepers. And 4,000 Levites will be musicians. I made special musical instruments for them. They will use those instruments to praise the Lord.”
King Solomon used the algum wood to make steps for the Lord’s temple, {\cf2\super [151]} and for the king’s house. Solomon also used the algum wood to make lyres {\cf2\super [152]} and harps for the singers. No person ever saw such beautiful things like those things made from the algum wood in the country of Judah.