2 Chronicles 9 · Verse 10

2 Chronicles 9:10

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
2 Chronicles 9:10, King James Version

2 Chronicles 9:10 in other translations

BSB(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
WEBThe servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
ASVAnd the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.
YLTAnd also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.
DARBY(And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-wood and precious stones.
BBEAnd the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.
WebsterAnd the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

What does 2 Chronicles 9:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 9:1-12

This history has been considered, 1Ki 10; yet because our Saviour has proposed it as an example in seeking after him, Mt 12:42, we must not pass it over without observing, that those who know the worth of true wisdom will grudge no pains or cost to obtain it. The queen of Sheba put herself to a great deal of trouble and expense to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and yet, learning from him to serve God, and do her duty…

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2 Chronicles 9:10 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.

וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
עַבְדֵ֤י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650
חוּרָם֙chi.ramHuramH2361
וְעַבְדֵ֣יve.'av.Deiand [the] servants ofH5650
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whoH834
הֵבִ֥יאוּhe.Vi.'uthey broughtH935
זָהָ֖בza.HavgoldH2091
מֵאוֹפִ֑ירme.'o.Firfrom OphirH211
הֵבִ֛יאוּhe.Vi.'uthey broughtH935
עֲצֵ֥י'a.Tzeiwood<s> ofH6086
אַלְגּוּמִּ֖ים'al.gu.Mimalgum<s>H418
וְאֶ֥בֶןve.'E.venand stone[s]H68
יְקָרָֽה\׃ye.ka.RahpreciousH3368

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 9:10

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 1 Kings 10:22

    For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
brought gold.
8:18; 1Ki 9:27,28; 10:22
algum trees.
1Ki 10:11
almug-trees.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 9:9

    And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:10

    And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:11

    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.

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2 Chronicles 9:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		También los siervos de Hiram y los siervos de Salomón, que habían traído el oro de Ophir, trajeron madera de Algummim, y piedras preciosas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		(Et les serviteurs de Hiram aussi, et les serviteurs de Salomon, qui apportèrent de l’or d’Ophir, apportèrent du bois d’algummim et des pierres précieuses.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und auch die Knechte Hurams und die Knechte Salomos, welche Gold aus Ophir holten, brachten Sandelholz und Edelsteine.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et servi Hiram cum servis Salomonis attulerunt aurum de Ophir, et ligna thyina, et gemmas pretiosissimas: