15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels[a] of beaten gold went into each shield. 16 And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; (A)300 shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:15 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:16 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  2. 1 Kings 10:17 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram

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