Algum

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• Also called ALMUG, trees of Ophir and Lebanon1 Kings 10:111 Kings 10:122 Chronicles 2:82 Chronicles 9:102 Chronicles 9:11

The passages, in Bible order (5)

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1. 1 Kings 10:11

   (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 10:112 voices

   “The navy of Hiram - i. e., Solomon’s navy in the Red Sea, which was chiefly manned by subjects of Hiram. (see the marginal reference). Almug-trees - Probably the sandal-wood tree (pterocarpus santalinus). The wood is very heavy, hard, and fine grained, and of a beautiful garnet color, which, according to the rabbinical writers, was the color of the algum. One of the names of the red sandal-wood, in its own native country (India) is “valguka,” a word of which “algum” is a natural corruption.

   “And the navy also of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir,....

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2. 1 Kings 10:12

   The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 10:122 voices

   “And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house,....

   “Pillars - The Hebrew word signifies ordinarily a “prop” (margin). It is generally supposed to mean in this place a “railing,” or “balustrade,” a sense which connects and harmonises the present passage with the parallel passage in Chronicles (marginal reference), where Solomon is said to have made of the almug-wood “stairs” for the temple and for his own house. Harps - The Jewish harp כנור kı̂nnôr was of a triangular shape, and had ordinarily ten strings.

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3. 2 Chronicles 2:8

   Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours

   ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 2:82 voices

   “Send me . . . cedar trees, &c.--The cedar and cypress were valued as being both rare and durable; the algum or almug trees (likewise a foreign wood), though not found on Lebanon, are mentioned as being procured through Huram (see on 1Ki 10:11).

   “Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon,.... Of the two first of these, and which Hiram sent, see 1Ki 5:

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4. 2 Chronicles 9:10

   (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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   “So that, all things considered, the promise was fulfilled, that God would give him riches, and wealth, and honour, such as no kings have had, or shall have, ch. i.

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5. 2 Chronicles 9:11

   The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

   ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 9:111 voice

   “So that, all things considered, the promise was fulfilled, that God would give him riches, and wealth, and honour, such as no kings have had, or shall have, ch. i.

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