10:12a The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD

The king used the fine wood to make railings for the temple of Yahweh
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King Solomon’s servants/workmen formed/carved the timber into support bars for Yahweh’s house of worship

10:12b and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers.

and for the house of the king and to make musical instruments such as harps and lyres for the musicians.
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and for the house of the king. They also made/carved it into harps and lyres for the musicians.

10:12c Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)

Since that time until now no such large quantity of fine wood has ever come in or been seen ⌊in Israel⌋.)
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Since then no one has brought so much of that high-quality timber into Israel. In fact, no one has even seen so much of it.)

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