9:17 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
1 tn Heb “and he plated the house [with] precious stone for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.”
sn The location of Parvaim, the source of the gold for Solomon’s temple, is uncertain. Some have identified it with modern Farwa in Yemen; others relate it to the Sanskrit parvam and understand it to be a general term for the regions east of Palestine.
2 tn Heb “covered.”
3 tn Heb “the large house.”
4 tn Heb “wood of evergreens.”
5 tn Heb “and he put up on it palm trees and chains.”