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15 In addition, he collected from the merchantmen and the traffic of the spice merchants and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country.

16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold made of six hundred shekels[a] of gold each. 17 He made three hundred shields of beaten gold with three pounds[b] of gold in each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:16 About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms; and in v. 29.
  2. 1 Kings 10:17 About 3¾ pounds, or 1.7 kilograms, or if double minas, about 7½ pounds, or 3.5 kilograms.