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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Former (
2 Chron. 2:8; 9:10-11
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 2:8)
10
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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 9:10‑11)
); latter (
1 Kings 10:11-12
11
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
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. (1 Kings 10:11‑12)
). Supposed to be the red sandalwood of
India
. Used in temple furniture.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
By comparing
1 Kings 10:11
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)
with
2 Chronicles 9:10-11
10
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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 9:10‑11)
, it is clear that the two
names
refer to the same tree; it came from the same place,
Ophir
, and was used for the same purposes, namely, pillars or props, terraces or stairs, harps and psalteries.
2 Chronicles 2:8
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 2:8)
presents a difficulty, for it seems to say that algum trees came from
Lebanon
, and the same trees could scarcely be indigenous to places so dissimilar as Lebanon and Ophir. In the last
passage
the several trees sent by
Huram
may be named together without meaning that they were all cut from Lebanon. It is supposed that the
sandal
wood
is referred to. Josephus describes this wood as peculiar pine, not like those called pine in his days: to the sight it was like the wood of the
fig
tree, but whiter and more shining (
Ant
. 8. 7. 1).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
418
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’alguwmmiym
Phonic:
al-goom-meem’
Meaning:
by transposition for
484
; sticks of algum wood
KJV Usage:
algum (trees)
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
not added ones (?): not drunken ones
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