2 Chronicles 9:16

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.

And three {H7969} hundred {H3967} shields {H4043} made he of beaten {H7820} gold {H2091}: three {H7969} hundred {H3967} shekels of gold {H2091} went {H5927} to one {H259} shield {H4043}. And the king {H4428} put {H5414} them in the house {H1004} of the forest {H3293} of Lebanon {H3844}.

He made 300 more shields of hammered gold, with seven-and-a-half pounds going into one shield; the king put these in the House of the L'vanon Forest.

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

And he made three hundred shields 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.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 7:2 (3 votes)

    He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.