1 Kings 10:12

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ Ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	וַיַּ֣עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
almug	הָאַלְמֻגִּ֜ים ha.'al.mu.Gim	H484	almug (i.e. probably sandle-wood) sticks · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
trees	עֲצֵ֨י 'a.Tzei	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine plural construct
pillars	מִסְעָ֤ד mis.'Ad	H4552	a balustrade (for stairs) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	לְבֵית le.veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
king’s	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	וּלְבֵ֣ית u.le.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
harps	וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת ve.khi.no.Rot	H3658	a harp · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural absolute
psalteries	וּנְבָלִ֖ים u.ne.va.Lim	H5035	a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
singers	לַשָּׁרִ֑ים la.sha.Rim	H7891	to sing · preposition with the article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
came	בָֽא va'-	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
almug	אַלְמֻגִּים֙ 'al.mu.Gim	H484	almug (i.e. probably sandle-wood) sticks · noun, common masculine plural absolute
trees	עֲצֵ֤י 'a.Tzei	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine plural construct
seen	נִרְאָ֔ה nir.'Ah	H7200	to see · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
day	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Chronicles 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
1 Chronicles 25:1-31 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophes…
Psalms 92:1-3 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Psalms 150:3-5 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Revelation 14:2-3 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:1-13

We have here an account of the visit which the queen of Sheba made to Solomon, no doubt when he was in the height of his piety and prosperity. Our Saviour calls her the queen of the south, for Sheba lay south of Canaan. The common opinion is that it was in Africa; and the Christians in Ethiopia, to this day, are confident that she came from their country, and that Candace was her successor, who is mentioned Act 8:27. But it is more probable that she came from the south part of Arabia the happy. It should seem she was a queen regent, sovereign of her country. Many a kingdom would have been deprived of its greatest blessings if a Salique law had been admitted into its constitution. Observe, I.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 10:11

almug trees--Parenthetically, along with the valuable presents of the queen of Sheba, is mentioned a foreign wood, which was brought in the Ophir ships. It is thought by some to be the sandalwood; by others, to be the deodar--a species of fragrant fir, much used in India for sacred and important works. Solomon used it for stairs in his temple and palace (Ch2 9:11), but chiefly for musical instruments.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 10:11

Great plenty of almug trees - In the parallel place, Ch2 9:10, Ch2 9:11, these are called algum trees, the ם mem and the ג gimel being transposed; probably the latter is the more correct orthography. What the algum trees were we do not exactly know. The Vulgate calls it ligna thyina, the thya or lignum vitae wood; and Mr. Parkhurst thinks that the original אלגומים algumim, comes from אל al, not, and גם gem, to fill; because the lignum vitae is of so close a texture that it can imbibe no water, and cannot be affected by wet weather. The Septuagint translate it ξυλα πυκινα, pine timber; the Syriac kaise dakisotho, probably cypress wood, or what the translators render ligna brasilica; the Arabi…

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John Gill on 1 Kings 10:12

Dictionary and topics

Algum Or Almug Trees — the former occurring in (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10,11) the latter in (1 Kings 10:11,12) These words are identical. From (1 Kings 10:11,12; 2 Chronicles 9:10,11) we learn that the almug was brought in…
Almug — (1 Kings 10:11, 12) = algum (2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11), in the Hebrew occurring only in the plural almuggim (indicating that the wood was brought in planks), the name of a wood brought from Ophir to be…
Cup — A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament…
Harp — (Heb. kinnor), the national instrument of the Hebrews. It was invented by Jubal (Gen. 4:21). Some think the word kinnor denotes the whole class of stringed instruments. It was used as an…
House — Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were…
Sheba — An oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of…
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Algum · Al — Al
Harp · Ma — Ma
Music · .Ma — .Ma
Pillars · Made of: Wood — Made of: Wood
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1 Kings 10:12

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 10:11

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 10:11

John Gill on 1 Kings 10:12

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 10:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 10:11

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 10:11

John Gill on 1 Kings 10:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 10:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 10:11

Rashi on 1 Kings 10:12