1 Kings 10:16-17
16King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of gold went into each shield. 17And he made 300 bshields of beaten gold; three minas ▼▼A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in dthe House of the Forest of Lebanon. 1 Kings 10:21
21All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of ethe House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.Song of Solomon 4:4
4Your fneck is like the tower of David,built in grows of stone; ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
on it ihang a thousand shields,
all of jthem shields of warriors.
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