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1 Kings 10:16-18
World English Bible

16 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels[a] of gold went to one buckler. 17 he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas[b] of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.

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  1. 10:16 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or 13.2 pounds or 192 Troy ounces.
  2. 10:17 A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds.
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