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2 Chronicles 9:11

11 And the king made steps for the house of Yahweh and the house of the king, and lyres and harps for the singers from the algum wood. And there was not seen anything like them before in the land of Judah.

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2 Chronicles 9:11 — The New International Version (NIV)

11 The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)

2 Chronicles 9:11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

11 And the king made from the algum wood supports for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, lyres also and harps for the singers. There never was seen the like of them before in the land of Judah.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 The king used the sandalwood to make steps for the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before had such beautiful things been seen in Judah.)

2 Chronicles 9:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 And the king made walkways of the algum wood for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers; and there were none such as these seen before in the land of Judah.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 King Solomon used the juniper wood to build steps for the Temple of the Lord and the palace and to make lyres and harps for the musicians. No one in Judah had ever seen such beautiful things as these.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 And the king made of the sandal-wood stairs for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, and harps and lutes for the singers. And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.)

2 Chronicles 9:11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 With the sandalwood the king made gateways to the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and lyres and harps for the singers. No one had ever seen anything like them in Judah. 

2 Chronicles 9:11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 The king made the algum wood into walkways for the Lord’s temple 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.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 From the algum wood, the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, lyres also and harps for the singers; there never was seen the like of them before in the land of Judah.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 The king used the algumwood to make steps for the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He also used it to make harps and lyres for those who played the music. No one had ever seen that much algumwood in Judah before.

2 Chronicles 9:11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

11 From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king’s palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.


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