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16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds.[a] 17 He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds.[b] The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

18 Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:16 Hebrew 600 [shekels] of gold [6.8 kilograms].
  2. 10:17 Hebrew 3 minas [1.8 kilograms].

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