1 Kings 10:12
12With the timber the king made supports ▼▼tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ▼▼tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ▼▼tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
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