1 Kings 10:16

And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.

And king {H4428} Solomon {H8010} made {H6213} two hundred {H3967} targets {H6793} of beaten {H7820} gold {H2091}: six {H8337} hundred {H3967} shekels of gold {H2091} went {H5927} to one {H259} target {H6793}.

King Shlomo made 200 large shields of hammered gold; fifteen pounds of gold went into one shield.

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 14:26 (4 votes)

    And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • 1 Kings 14:28 (4 votes)

    And it was [so], when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:9 (3 votes)

    So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:10 (3 votes)

    Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:15 (2 votes)

    And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:16 (2 votes)

    And three hundred shields [made he of] beaten gold: three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.