Discovery Box2 Chronicles 9:10-11 
Context9:10 (Huram’s 1 servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as 2 fine 3 timber and precious gems. 9:11 With the timber the king made steps 4 for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments 5 for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. 6 )
1 tn Heb “Huram’s” (also in v. 21). Some medieval Hebrew
2 tn Heb “who brought gold from Ophir, brought.”
3 tn Heb “algum.”
4 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”
5 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
6 tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”
