And the king made of the almug wood pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug wood, nor was seen such unto this day.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Rails. Hebrew mihsad, "pillars, supporters, or banisters. "(Haydock)
Most interpreters suppose the rails were on each side of the road, leading from the palace to the temple. (Calmet)
Paralipomenon stairs.
Citterns, or harps and lyres. (Haydock)
Hebrew, "kinnoroth and nebalim."