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1 Kings 10:16–17

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16King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels2 of gold went into each shield. 17And he made 300 mshields of beaten gold; three minas3 of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in nthe House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  2. 3A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram

Cross references

  1. mch. 14:26
  2. nch. 7:2

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; fifteen pounds of gold went into each shield. He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; nearly four pounds of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

NLTNew Living Translation

King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds. He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold; six hundred measures of gold went up over each shield. Also he made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went up over each of the small shields; and the king put them into the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

KJV 1900King James Version

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.