¹⁷And he made ^a300 shields of beaten gold, ¹using ²three minas of gold on each shield, and ^bthe king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

1Lit he brought up
2Approx. 3.8 lb. or 1.7 kg, a mina was approx. 1.25 lb. or 0.6 kg

Cross references

a 1 Kin 14:26
b 1 Kin 7:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

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

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

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 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.

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