“The king used algum tree wood to make terraces for Yahweh’s house and for the king’s house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers. There were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.”
2 Chronicles 9:11 (WEB)
Context Reading
9She gave the king one hundred and twenty talentsof gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There was never before such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. 10The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum treesand precious stones. 11The king used algum tree wood to make terraces for Yahweh’s house and for the king’s house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers. There were none like these seen before in the land of Judah. 12King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, more than that which she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants. 13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talentsof gold,