10 Moreover, the servants of Hiʹram and the servants of Solʹo·mon who brought gold from Oʹphir+ also brought algum timbers and precious stones.+ 11 The king made from the algum timbers stairs for the house of Jehovah+ and for the king’s house,*+ as well as harps and stringed instruments for the singers.+ Nothing like them had ever been seen before in the land of Judah.