Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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1 Kings 10:11
The navy of Hiram - i. e., Solomon' s navy in the Red Sea, which was chiefly manned by subjects of Hiram. (see the marginal reference).
Almug-trees - Probably the sandal-wood tree (pterocarpus santalinus). The wood is very heavy, hard, and fine grained, and of a beautiful garnet color, which, according to the rabbinical writers, was the color of the algum. One of the names of the red sandal-wood, in its own native country (India) is "valguka," a word of which "algum" is a natural corruption.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 10:11:
Job 22:24
Psalms 36:7
Psalms 49:8
Psalms 116:15
Isaiah 13:12
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