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2 Chronicles 9:15-16
English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 9:15-16
English Standard Version
15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels[a] of beaten gold went into each shield. 16 And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; (A)300 shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:15 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
2 Chronicles 9:15-16
New International Version
2 Chronicles 9:15-16
New International Version
15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[a] of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred small shields(A) of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels[b] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.(B)
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 9:15 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms
1 Kings 10:16-17
English Standard Version
1 Kings 10:16-17
English Standard Version
16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels[a] of gold went into each shield. 17 And he made 300 (A)shields of beaten gold; three minas[b] of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in (B)the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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- 1 Kings 10:16 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 1 Kings 10:17 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
1 Kings 10:16-17
New International Version
1 Kings 10:16-17
New International Version
16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields(A) 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.(B)
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 10:16 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms; also in verse 29
- 1 Kings 10:17 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms; or perhaps reference is to double minas, that is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms.
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