15 not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.

16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[a] of gold went into each shield. 17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas[b] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:16 That is, about 6.9 kilograms; also in verse 29
  2. 1 Kings 10:17 That is, about 1.7 kilograms; or perhaps reference is to double minas, that is, about 3.5 kilograms.