2 Chronicles 2:8

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum ¹  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept ²  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

2 Chronicles 9:10-11

9:10 (Huram’s ³  servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as ⁴  fine ⁵  timber and precious gems. 9:11 With the timber the king made steps ⁶  for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments ⁷  for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. ⁸ )

¹ tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.

² tn Heb “know.”

³ tn Heb “Huram’s” (also in v. 21). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

⁴ tn Heb “who brought gold from Ophir, brought.”

⁵ tn Heb “algum.”

⁶ tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”

⁷ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

⁸ tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”