2 Chronicles 9:15

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

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 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
14 besides that which the explorers and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.
16 And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
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