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II Chronicles 9:Verse 11

KJV
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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.

1 Kings 10:121 Kings 10:12Revelation 5:8Psalms 92:1Psalms 92:3
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What Does II Chronicles 9:11 Mean?

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"Utilizing the imported luxury timber to construct musical instruments and physical steps explicitly directs the foreign wealth toward the liturgical e..."

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King James VersionPrimary
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.

American Standard Version
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.

American King James Version
AKJV

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.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.

Darby Translation
Darby

And the king made of the sandal-wood stairs for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers. And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.)

Webster Bible
Webster

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.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And the King made of the Algummim wood staires in the house of the Lord, and in the Kings house, and harpes and violes for singers: and there was no such seene before in the lande of Iudah.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And the king made of the thyine trees stairs in the house of the Lord, and in the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singing men: never were there seen such trees in the land of Juda.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And the king made of the sandal-wood, stairs unto the house of Yahweh, and unto the house of the king, also lyres and harps, for the singers,—and there were none seen like them before, in the land of Judah.

Literal Translation
LITV

And the king fashioned the algum trees into steps for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers. and there was none like these before in the land of Judah.

Modern King James
MKJV

And the king made terraces to the house of the LORD with the algum trees, and terraces to the king's palace, and lyres and harps for singers. And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

Updated King James
UKJV

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.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

And the king made steps for the house of Yahweh and the house of the king, and lyres and harps for the singers from the algum wood. And there was not seen anything like them before in the land of Judah.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And the king made of the sandal-wood paths for the house of HaShem, 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.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And the king made, from this particular thyine wood, steps in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king, and also harps and psalteries for the singing men. Never was there seen such wood in the land of Judah.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

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.)

Revised Webster
RWebster

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

that is, of the trees of thyne, the kyng made grees in the hows of the Lord, and in the hows of the kyng, `harpis also, and sautrees to syngeris; siche trees weren neuere seyn in the lond of Juda.

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1 Kings 10:121 Kings 10:12Revelation 5:8Psalms 92:1Psalms 92:31 Chronicles 23:5Psalms 150:3Psalms 150:51 Chronicles 25:1Revelation 5:8
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