2 Chronicles 9:11 BSB

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.)

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he made	H6213 →
הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ	Ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲצֵ֨י	'a.Tzei	[the] wood<s> of	H6086 →
הָֽאַלְגּוּמִּ֜ים	ha.'al.gu.Mim	the algum<s>	H418 →
מְסִלּ֤וֹת	me.si.Lot	tracks	H4546 →
לְבֵית־	le.veit-	for [the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וּלְבֵ֣ית	u.le.Veit	and for [the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת	ve.khi.no.Rot	and harps	H3658 →
וּנְבָלִ֖ים	u.ne.va.Lim	and lyres	H5035 →
לַשָּׁרִ֑ים	la.sha.Rim	for the singers	H7891 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
נִרְא֥וּ	nir.'U	they had been seen	H7200 →
כָהֵ֛ם	kha.Hem	like them
לְפָנִ֖ים	le.fa.Nim	<to> before	H6440 →
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 5:8
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which…
leads to
- Psalms 141:2
  May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- Revelation 8:3–4
  Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
- Philippians 2:9–11
  Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Revelation 4:10
  the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
- Psalms 33:2
  Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
Through
1 Chronicles 23:5
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:25–26
  Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command…
- Psalms 87:7
  Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
  In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests…