10
The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
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Verse 10. Thyine-trees, very odoriferous. Calmet.—Hebrew algumim: 3 Kennicott. almugim, as the letters are frequently transposed in Hebrew D.—Huet thinks these were citron-trees, which did not produce fruit, but were used to make costly tables, and were a species of cedar.
possibly Indian sandalwood, which has nice grain and a pleasant scent and is good for woodworking
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