1 Kings 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas30 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.31

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30	sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.
31	sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.