2 Chronicles 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 )

1Ki 10:12; 1Ch 23:5; 1Ch 25:1; Ps 92:1-3; Ps 150:3-5; Re 5:8

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.”