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1 Kings 10:16-18
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1 Kings 10:16-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold. He put seven and a half pounds[a] of gold into each large shield. 17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold. He put almost four pounds[b] of gold into each small shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 The king made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with fine gold.[c]
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- 1 Kings 10:16 The Hebrew text gives only a number (six hundred), without a unit of measure. If the unit is bekas, then the amount in the text is a good approximation. If the measure is shekels, the weight would be about fifteen pounds.
- 1 Kings 10:17 Literally three minas
- 1 Kings 10:18 Or gold from Uphaz. The precise significance of this phrase is uncertain.
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