Terraces. — M’sillôth, which usually means highways, that is, raised paths. The word is an interpretation of mis‘âd, which only occurs in 1 Kings 11:12. LXX., ἀναβάσεις; Vulg., “gradus;” Arabic, “pillars.”
Singers. — The singers.
And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. — A shortened paraphrase of, “There came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day” (Kings). “The land of Judah” is a phrase which indicates how utterly the northern kingdom was excluded from the redactor’s thought.