2Ch 9:11 | NET2full | STEP | With the timber the king made steps for the Lord ’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments for the musicians . No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah before that . )

2 Chronicles 9:11

11 With the timber the king made steps ^{▼▼tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”} for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments ^{▼▼tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).} for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah before that. ^{▼▼tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”})