2 Chronicles 9:16

16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold ^[a] went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

2 Chronicles 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:16

(See Gill on 1 Kings 10:17).

2 Chronicles 9:16 In-Context

14 not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also 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; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

17 Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

18 The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

Footnotes

• [a] 300 shekels is approximately 7.5 pounds or 3.4 kilograms of gold.