2 Chronicles 9:15

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

2 Chronicles 9:15 in Other Translations

15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.

15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.

15 King Solomon crafted 200 body-length shields of hammered gold - about fifteen pounds of gold to each shield

15 And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one buckler.

15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, using 15 pounds of gold on each shield.

15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds of hammered gold went into each shield.

15 King Solomon made 200 large shields out of hammered gold. Each one weighed seven and a half pounds.

2 Chronicles 9:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:15

(See Gill on 1 Kings 10:16).

2 Chronicles 9:15 In-Context

13 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,

14 not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

17 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms