Discovery Box2 Chronicles 9:11 
Context9:11 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
Context9:18 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
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.”
