2 Chronicles 9:15

In 11 translations

BSB

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered 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 beaten gold went to one target.

WEB

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one large shield.A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target;

DBY

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

DRC

And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:

GNV

And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, and sixe hundreth shekels of beaten golde went to one target,

JPS

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

LXXE

And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold: there were six hundred shekels of pure gold to one shield.

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WLC

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה מָאתַ֥יִם צִנָּ֖ה זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֑וּט שֵׁ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֔וּט יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־הַצִּנָּ֥ה הָאֶחָֽת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν διακοσίους θυρεοὺς χρυσοῦς ἐλατοὺς, ἑξακόσιοι χρυσοῖ καθαροὶ ἐπῆσαν ἐπὶ τὸν ἕνα θυρεόν.

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• 1 Kings 10:16–17King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And…
• 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…

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