Lièwángjìshang 10:12

12 Wáng yòng tán xiāng mù wèi Yēhéhuá diàn hé wánggōng zuò lán gǎn , yòu wèi gē chàng de rén zuò qín sè . yǐhòu zaì méiyǒu zhèyàng de tán xiāng mù jìn guó lái , yĕ méiyǒu rén kànjian guō , zhídào rújīn . )

Lièwángjìshang 10:12 Meaning and Commentary

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
Or terraces, as in ( 2 Chronicles 9:11 ) , causeways; and means the ascent or causeway he made from his own house to the temple; the pavement of which, as Jarchi interprets the word here, was made of the wood of these trees; or the supports of it, or rather the rails on each side, on which men might stay themselves as they passed along, as Ben Gersom; and since this ascent was admired by the queen of Sheba, it is particularly observed what wood it was made of, and from whence it came:

harps also, and psalteries for singers;
these musical instruments were made of the same wood; Josephus ^F9 says of amber, and that their number was 400,000:

there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day;
not in the land of Israel, neither before nor since, see ( 2 Chronicles 9:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 8.

Lièwángjìshang 10:12 In-Context

10 Yúshì , Shìbā nǚwáng jiāng yī bǎi èr shí tā lián dé jīnzi hé bǎoshí , yǔ jí duō de xiāngliào , sòng gĕi Suǒluómén wáng . tā sòng gĕi wáng de xiāngliào , yǐhòu fèng lái de bú zaì yǒu zhèyàng duō .

11 Xīlán de chuán zhǐ cóng éfĕi yùn le jīnzi lái , yòu cóng éfĕi yùn le xǔduō tán xiāng mù ( huò zuò wū mù xià tóng ) hé bǎoshí lái .

12 Wáng yòng tán xiāng mù wèi Yēhéhuá diàn hé wánggōng zuò lán gǎn , yòu wèi gē chàng de rén zuò qín sè . yǐhòu zaì méiyǒu zhèyàng de tán xiāng mù jìn guó lái , yĕ méiyǒu rén kànjian guō , zhídào rújīn . )

13 Shìbā nǚwáng yīqiè suǒ yào suǒ qiú de , Suǒluómén wáng dōu sòng gĕi tā , Lìngwaì zhào zìjǐ de hòu yì kuìsòng tā . yúshì nǚwáng hé tā chénpú zhuǎn huí bĕn guó qù le .

14 Suǒluómén mĕi nián suǒ dé de jīnzi gōng yǒu liù bǎi liù shí liù tā lián dé .