SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:12
Y de la madera de brasil hizo el rey balaustres para la Casa del SEÑOR, y para las casas reales, y arpas y salterios para los cantores; nunca vino tanta madera de brasil, ni se ha visto hasta hoy.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house , etc.] Or terraces, as in ( 2 Chronicles 9:11), causeways; and means the ascent or causeway he made from his own house to the temple; the pavement of which, as Jarchi interprets the word here, was made of the wood of these trees; or the supports of it, or rather the rails on each side, on which men might stay themselves as they passed along, as Ben Gersom; and since this ascent was admired by the queen of Sheba, it is particularly observed what wood it was made of, and from whence it came: harps also, and psalteries for singers ; these musical instruments were made of the same wood; Josephus says of amber, and that their number was 400,000: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day ; not in the land of Israel, neither before nor since, (see 2 Chronicles 9:11).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 after God by our Lord Jesus Christ. By waiting and prayer, by diligentl searching the Scriptures, by consulting wise and experience Christians, and by practising what we have learned, we shall be delivered from difficulties. Solomon's wisdom made more impression upo the queen of Sheba than all his prosperity and grandeur. There is spiritual excellence in heavenly things, and in consistent Christians to which no reports can do justice. Here the truth exceeded; and all who, through grace, are brought to commune with God, will say the on half was not told them of the pleasures and the advantages of wisdom' ways. Glorified saints, much more, will say of heaven, that the thousandth part was not told them, 1Co 2:9. She pronounced them happ that constantly attended Solomon. With much more reason may we say of Christ's servants, Blessed are they that dwell in his house; they wil be still praising him. She made a noble present to Solomon. What we present to Christ, he needs not, but will have us do so to express ou gratitude. The believer who has been with Jesus, will return to his station, discharge his duties with readiness, and from better motives looking forward to the day when, being absent from the body, he shal be present with the Lord.
Original Hebrew
ויעשׂ 6213 המלך 4428 את 853 עצי 6086 האלמגים 484 מסעד 4552 לבית 1004 יהוה 3069 ולבית 1004 המלך 4428 וכנרות 3658 ונבלים 5035 לשׁרים 7891 לא 3808 בא 935 כן 3651 עצי 6086 אלמגים 484 ולא 3808 נראה 7200 עד 5704 היום 3117 הזה׃ 2088
