2 Chronicles 9:14-16

The Voice

¹⁴ in addition to what the traders and merchants brought. The Arabian kings and the local governors also brought gold and silver to him.

¹⁵ Solomon used some of this metal to make weapons: 200 large shields (each weighing 7½ pounds of beaten gold) ¹⁶ and 300 small, rounded shields (each weighing 3¾ pounds of beaten gold). All the shields were stored in the house made of wood imported from Lebanon.