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1 Kings 10:17

he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • KJV King James Version

    And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold: three pounds of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to 1 Kings 10:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Kings 7:2 For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
  • 1 Kings 14:26 and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.

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Explain this verse (11 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 10:17 And [he made] three hundred shields [of]…

1Ki 10:17 And [he made] three hundred shields [of] beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

Ver. 17. And he made three hundred shields.] Nothing so big as those targets, {1Ki 10:16} but lost with them.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Three pound, or, three hundred shekels, as it is…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Shields - Smaller than targets.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. He made three hundred shields] The מגן…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain These shields, together with the 500 taken by David…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Targets, smaller than the former, and resembling a crescent.…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. Shields — Ordinary shields, such as were carried…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. three pound of gold went to one shield]…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Pound—that is, maneh, equal (see 2Ch_10:16) to one…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he made three hundred shields portable shields (peltas,…

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