1 Kings 10 · Verse 11

1 Kings 10:11

And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
1 Kings 10:11, King James Version

1 Kings 10:11 in other translations

BSB(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
WEBThe fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought in from Ophir great quantities of almug trees and precious stones.
ASVAnd the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones.
YLTAnd also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir almug-trees very many, and precious stone;
DARBY(And the fleet also of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir sandal-wood in very great abundance, and precious stones.
BBEAnd the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.
WebsterAnd the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

What does 1 Kings 10:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. almug trees--Parenthetically, along with the valuable presents of the queen of Sheba, is mentioned a foreign wood, which was brought in the Ophir ships. It is thought by some to be the sandalwood; by others, to be the deodar--a species of fragrant fir, much used in India for sacred and important works. Solomon used it for stairs in his temple and palace (2Ch 9:11), but chiefly for musical instruments.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Great plenty of almug trees - In the parallel place, 2Chr 9:10, 2Chr 9:11, these are called algum trees, the ם mem and the ג gimel being transposed; probably the latter is the more correct orthography. What the algum trees were we do not exactly know. The Vulgate calls it ligna thyina, the thya or lignum vitae wood; and Mr. Parkhurst thinks that the original אלגומים algumim, comes from אל al, not, and גם gem, to fill; because the lignum vitae is of so close a texture that it can imbibe no water, and cannot be affected by wet weather. The Septuagint translate it ξυλα πυκινα, pine timber; the Syriac kaise dakisotho, probably cypress wood, or what the translators render ligna brasilica; the Arabic translates coloured wood, and subjoins a paraphrase, for that wood was by nature painted with various colors. Perhaps the Arabic comes nearest the truth; wood shaded of different colors, such as the rose wood and such like, which are brought to us from various parts of the East Indies. The whole passage as it stands in the Arabic is this: "And the ships of Hiram brought gold from the land of Hind, (India), and they carried also much coloured wood, (but this wood is naturally painted of various colors), and very precious jewels. And Solomon put some of that same painted wood which was brought to him in the house of the Lord, and in his own house; and with it he adorned them." And for inlaying and veneering nothing can be finer than this wood.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 10:1-13

The queen of Sheba came to Solomon to hear his wisdom, thereby to improve her own. Our Saviour mentions her inquiries after God, by Solomon, as showing the stupidity of those who inquire not after God, by our Lord Jesus Christ. By waiting and prayer, by diligently searching the Scriptures, by consulting wise and experienced Christians, and by practising what we have learned, we shall be delivered from difficulties…

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1 Kings 10:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגַם֙ve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֳנִ֣י'o.Ni[the] ship[s] ofH590
חִירָ֔םchi.RamHiramH2438
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
נָשָׂ֥אna.Sa'it carriedH5375
זָהָ֖בza.HavgoldH2091
מֵאוֹפִ֑ירme.'o.Firfrom OphirH211
הֵבִ֨יאhe.Vi'it broughtH935
מֵאֹפִ֜ירme.'o.Firfrom OphirH211
עֲצֵ֧י'a.Tzeiwood<s> ofH6086
אַלְמֻגִּ֛ים'al.mu.Gimalmug<s>H484
הַרְבֵּ֥הhar.BehmuchH7235
מְאֹ֖דme.'OdveryH3966
וְאֶ֥בֶןve.'E.venand stone[s]H68
יְקָרָֽה\׃ye.ka.RahpreciousH3368

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Cross references for 1 Kings 10:11

  • 1 Kings 9:27-28

    And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:10-11

    And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:8

    Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

  • 2 Chronicles 8:18

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • Psalms 45:9

    Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
from Ophir.
9:27,28; 2Ch 8:18; Ps 45:9
almug.
2Ch 2:8; 9:10,11
algum trees.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 10:10

    And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 10:11

    And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

  • 1 Kings 10:12

    And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

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1 Kings 10:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La flota de Hiram que había traído el oro de Ophir, traía también de Ophir muy mucha madera de brasil, y piedras preciosas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		(La flotte aussi de Hiram qui amenait de l’or d’Ophir, apporta d’Ophir du bois d’almuggim en très grande quantité, et des pierres précieuses.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und auch die Flotte Hirams, die Gold aus Ophir holte, brachte aus Ophir Sandelholz in sehr großer Menge und Edelsteine.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		(Sed et classis Hiram, quæ portabat aurum de Ophir, attulit ex Ophir ligna thyina multa nimis, et gemmas pretiosas.