1 Kings 10:17

17 He made 300 small shields^[a] of hammered gold; about four pounds^[b] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.^[c]

1 Kings 10:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 10:17

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold
Which were a lesser sort:

three pounds of gold went to one shield;
or three hundred shekels, as in ( 2 Chronicles 9:16 ) a hundred shekels made one pound; so that these were but half the value of the former, and one of them was worth but two hundred and twenty five pounds: Eupolemus ^F15, an Heathen writer, makes mention of those golden shields Solomon made, and which were made for show, and not for war, as follows:

and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon;
one part of which was made an armoury of, see ( Song of Solomon 4:4 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34.

1 Kings 10:17 In-Context

15 besides what came from merchants, traders' merchandise, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

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

17 He made 300 small shields of hammered gold; about four pounds of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

18 The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with fine gold.

19 The throne had six steps; there was a rounded top at the back of the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.

Footnotes

• [a] 2 Sm 1:21; 2 Kg 19:32; Isa 21:5
• [b] Lit three minas
• [c] 1 Kg 7:2-5