1 Kings 10:16

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

1 Kings 10:16 in Other Translations

KJV
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
ESV
16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.
NLT
16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds.
MSG
16 King Solomon crafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold - seven and a half pounds of gold to each shield
CSB
16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds of gold went into each shield.

1 Kings 10:16 In-Context

14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,
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 of gold went into each shield.
17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 2 Samuel 8:7; 1 Kings 14:26-28

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms; also in verse 29
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