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15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.[a] 16 He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7 1⁄2 pounds.[b] The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

17 Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:15 Hebrew 600 [shekels] of hammered gold [6.8 kilograms].
  2. 9:16 Hebrew 300 [shekels] of gold [3.4 kilograms].

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