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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Gill's Exposition
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house,.... Or terraces, as in Ch2 9:11, causeways; and means the ascent or causeway he made from his own…
Barnes' Notes
Pillars - The Hebrew word signifies ordinarily a “prop” (margin). It is generally supposed to mean in this place a “railing,” or “balustrade,” a sense which connects and harmonises the present passage…
We have here an account of the visit which the queen of Sheba made to Solomon, no doubt when he was in the height of his piety and prosperity. Our Saviour calls her the queen of the south, for Sheba…
Cambridge Bible
pillars for the house of the Lord The noun signifies -a prop," and it may be that some ornamental work like that indicated in the margin of the R.V. -a railing" is intended. It was some later…
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