1 Kings 10:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 10:17

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

KJV

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

These shields, together with the 500 taken by David from Hadadezer 2Sa 8:7 were hung round the outer walls of a building, reckoned as belonging to the “house of the Forest of Lebanon,” but separate from it, and called sometimes “the Tower of David” Son 4:4, or from its use “the armoury” Son 4:4; Isa 22:8. The practice of hanging shields outside walls for ornamentation seems to have existed at Tyre Eze 27:10-11, Rome, Athens, and elsewhere. Traces of it are thought to be found in the Assyrian sculptures.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּשְׁלֹשׁ־	u.she.losh-	and three	H7969 →
מֵא֤וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
מָֽגִנִּים֙	ma.gi.Nim	shields	H4043 →
זָהָ֣ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
שָׁח֔וּט	sha.Chut	beaten	H7820 →
שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת	she.Lo.shet	three	H7969 →
מָנִים֙	ma.Nim	minas	H4488 →
זָהָ֔ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
יַעֲלֶ֖ה	ya.'a.Leh	he put up	H5927 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַמָּגֵ֣ן	ha.ma.Gen	the shield	H4043 →
הָאֶחָ֑ת	ha.'e.Chat	<the> one	H259 →
וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם	vai.yi.te.Nem	and he put them	H5414 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
בֵּ֖ית	beit	[the] House of	H1004 →
יַ֥עַר	Ya.'ar	[the] Forest of	H3293 →
הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ פ	ha.le.va.Non	<the> Lebanon	H3844 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 14:26
He 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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 15:18
  So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this…
- 2 Chronicles 9:15–16
  King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
- Psalms 39:6
  Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- 1 Kings 10:16–17
  King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
- Proverbs 23:5
  When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Through
1 Kings 7:2
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 9:16
  He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 9:19
  as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- Song of Solomon 7:4
  Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through 1 Kings 10

The King

Open the study →

About 1 Kings

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

1 Kings: the study guide →Read chapter 10 →The featured study →

Continue: 1 Kings 10 →

01Commentary

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Kings

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Kings