John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 10:12

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, etc.] Or terraces, as in (<140911>2 Chronicles 9:11), causeways; and means the ascent or causeway he made from his own house to the temple; the pavement of which, as Jarchi interprets the word here, was made of the wood of these trees; or the supports of it, or rather the rails on each side, on which men might stay themselves as they passed along, as Ben Gersom; and since this ascent was admired by the queen of Sheba, it is particularly observed what wood it was made of, and from whence it came: harps also, and psalteries for singers; these musical instruments were made of the same wood; Josephus f237 says of amber, and that their number was 400,000: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day; not in the land of Israel, neither before nor since, (see <140911>2 Chronicles 9:11).

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