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2 Chronicles 9:10
2 Chronicles 9:10 is verse 10 of 2 Chronicles chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
Algum is probably a variant of almug; also in verse 11; see 1 Kings 10:11.
King James Version
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
World English Bible
The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
possibly Indian sandalwood, which has nice grain and a pleasant scent and is good for woodworking
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2 Chronicles 9:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
9 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Chronicles 8:18So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
1 Kings 9:27And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
1 Kings 9:28They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.
1 Kings 10:22For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:11(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.