³ They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen—the work of skilled hands.

¹⁶ King Solomon made two hundred large shields^(A) of hammered gold; six hundred shekels^[a] of gold went into each shield.

¹⁷ He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas^[a] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.^(A)