14 Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought: and all the Kings of Arabia, and the princes of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, and [a]six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

16 And three hundred shields of beaten gold: three hundred [b]shekels of gold went to one shield, and the king put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:15 Which sum mounteth to 2400 crowns of the sun, Budeus De Asse.
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:16 Or, pounds called mina, whereof every one seemed to make an hundred shekels.

14 not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia(A) and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[a] of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred small shields(B) of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels[b] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:15 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms