2 Chronicles 9:11

9:11 With the timber the king made steps ¹  for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments ²  for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. ³ )

2 Chronicles 9:18

9:18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. ⁴  The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”

² tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

³ tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”

⁴ tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”

⁵ tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”