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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Kings 10:12

And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of the Lord, apparently balustrades for the stairways, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers, stringed instruments with sounding-boards. There came no such almug-trees nor were seen unto this day, the wood came in unusual abundance.

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See also 1 Kings 10:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: HIS GREAT RICHES AND SPLENDOUR CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The visit of the Queen (1 Kings 10:1)_ 2. Solomon's enormous wealth (1 Kings 10:14) 3. the targets and shields ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 KINGS 10. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. By Sheba or Saba a district in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as exporters of gold (Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 72:15); Ezekiel (Ezekiel...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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 additi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE NAVY ALSO OF HIRAM, &C.— Parkhurst thinks, that the אלמגים _almugim, thya,_ or _lignumvitae tree,_ is so called from אל _al, not,_ and גם _gem, to fill,_ because it is of so close a texture, a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. THE RECOGNITION OF SOLOMON'S GLORY (1 Kings 10:1-13) TRANSLATION (1) When the queen of Sheba continued to hear the report of Solomon in relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him wit...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 1. Sheba] the Sheba of Genesis 10:28 (in Arabia), not of Genesis 10:7 (in Africa). Arabia seems frequently to have been ruled by queens; more than one is mentioned in th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PILLARS] RM 'a railing,' or balustrade for the staircase: cp. 2 Chronicles 9:11. HARPS.. PSALTERIES] The former probably had a square frame, with the soundbox at the base; the latter may have been tri...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 10 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT V1 The Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame and how he gave honour to the *Lord. So she came to test...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GOLD FROM OPHIR. — The insertion of this notice is obviously suggested by the mention of the gold and precious stones brought from Sheba. The wood of the “almug” tree, called (apparently more properly...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֣עַשׂ הַ֠ מֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־עֲצֵ֨י הָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY 1 Kings 10:1. "O Luxury! thou curs'd by Heaven's decree! How do thy potions with insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee to sickly greatne...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD ME” 1 Kings 10:1 Sheba, to the Jewish mind, was at the ends of the earth, Matthew 12:42. It probably lay in southern Arabia, fifteen hundred miles from Jerusalem. The queen bro...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon shows how far his fame was spread abroad. Moreover, reports had coupled Solomon's wisdom and greatness with the name of Jehovah. The Queen of Sheba saw what the g...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Rails. Hebrew mihsad, "pillars, supporters, or banisters." (Haydock) --- Most interpreters suppose the rails were on each side of the road, leading from the palace to the temple. (Calmet) --- Paralip...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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 gav...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The king of Tyre also was dependent on the king of Israel; and the queen of Sheba comes from the far south to delight herself in the wisdom of the head of God's people, and to be filled with wonder at...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 2 Chronicles 9:11, causeways; and means the ascent or causeway he made from his...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. V...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The navy of Hiram brought great plenty of almug-trees _ It is very uncertain what these almug-trees were, or algum-trees, as they are termed 2 Chronicles 2:8, by a transposition of letters. Dr. Water...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome of Solomon. 14 Solomons gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne of Iuorie. 21 His vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots and horse. 28 His tribute. 1 A...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (vs.1-13) News of Solomon's greatness spread through the nations. It was not however his greatness itself that impressed the Queen of Sheba, but his fame concerning t...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PILLARS: Or, rails: _Heb._ a prop...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 aft...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ALMUG TREES, called also (by an inversion of the letters, which is usual among the Hebrews) _algum trees_, 2 CHRONICLES 2:8, 2 CHRONICLES 9:10; whereof there were some in Lebanon, 2 Chronicles 2:8

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 10:12 king H4428 made H6213 (H8799) steps H4552 almug H484 wood H6086 house H1004 LORD H3068 kings...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Solomon and the queen of Sheba. His revenue and splendor. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, queen of Sheba. CONCLUSION: That fame is true fame which has associated with it the name of the Lord and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 10:1. _Sheba,_ from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis 10:7. The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this country,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of the Lord._ STRENGTH AND SWEETNESS Pillars and psalteries were made out of the same timber, and in this respect we may take the tree of the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon._ THE QUEEN OF SHEBA In this history, there are various points of view wherein the Queen of Sheba appears as a type and representation of the Ch...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 10:10 The queen’s gift of 120 TALENTS OF GOLD (9,000 pounds/4,080 kg) is a remarkably large amount, yet Solomon was already receiving much more gold than this (notice that her...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND SOLOMON CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 10:1. QUEEN OF SHEBA—The Arabs and Abyssinians both claim this queen, and surround this historic visit with rival legends (comp...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.—The last words of the preceding chapter spoke of Solomon's fleet, of its voyages, and the treasures it brought home. The historian now proceeds to tell of o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, sh...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 23:5; 1 Chronicles 25:1; Psalms 150:3; Psalms 92:1;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 1 Kings 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A greater than Solomon is here. In Matthew 11:1 Christ is upbraiding the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done. Under His ban were...

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