1 Kings 10:16-17
International Standard Version
16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, overlaying each large shield with the gold from 600 gold pieces,[a] 17 and 300 shields from beaten gold, overlaying each shield with the gold from 300 gold pieces.[b] The king put them in his palace in the Lebanon forest.
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- 1 Kings 10:16 MT does not identify the individual unit of measure
- 1 Kings 10:17 MT does not identify the individual unit of measure
1 Kings 10:16-17
English Standard Version
16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels[a] of gold went into each shield. 17 And he made 300 (A)shields of beaten gold; three minas[b] of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in (B)the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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- 1 Kings 10:16 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 1 Kings 10:17 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
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