2 Chronicles 9:16
14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- WEB
- He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
- ASV
- And [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- DARBY
- and three hundred shields of beaten gold, he applied three hundred [shekels] of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- BLB
- and three hundred shields of hammered gold (three hundred [shekels] of gold went into one shield). And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
- ÅB
- Og tre hundre små skjold av uthamret gull - til hvert av disse skjold gikk det med tre hundre sekel gull - og kongen satte dem i Libanon-skoghuset.
- OTB
- Han laget tre hundre skjold av hamret gull, med tre hundre sjekel gull på hvert skjold; og kongen plasserte dem i Libanonskoghuset.
- B1930
- Og tre hundre små skjold av uthamret gull - til hvert av disse skjold gikk det med tre hundre sekel gull - og kongen satte dem i Libanon-skoghuset.
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Cross references
1 Kings 7:2
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
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