1 Kings 10:16

In 11 translations

BSB

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.600 shekels is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of gold.

KJV

¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

WEB

King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.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.

ASV

And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.

LSV

And King Solomon makes two hundred bucklers of alloyed gold—six hundred [shekels] of gold go up on the one buckler;

YLT

And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold — six hundred of gold go up on the one target;

DBY

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, — he applied six hundred [shekels] of gold to one target;

DRC

And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sides of gold for the plates of one shield.

GNV

And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, sixe hundreth shekels of gold went to a target:

JPS

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

LXXE

And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.

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WLC

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה מָאתַ֥יִם צִנָּ֖ה זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֑וּט שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת זָהָ֔ב יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־הַצִּנָּ֥ה הָאֶחָֽת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐποίησε Σαλωμὼν τριακόσια δόρατα χρυσᾶ ἐλατά· τριακόσιοι χρυσοῖ ἐπῆσαν ἐπὶ τὸ δόρυ τὸ ἕν·

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• 1 Kings 14:26–28He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made. Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed…
• 2 Chronicles 12:9–10So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. Then King Rehoboam made…
• 2 Chronicles 9:15–16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield. He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went…

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