1 Kings 10:17
in 1 Kings 10He 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
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
This site's exposition
two hundred targets of beaten gold
on 1 Kings 10:16-17
Solomon turns bullion into display, two hundred large shields at six hundred shekels of gold apiece and three hundred smaller shields at three pounds each, housed together in the house of the forest of Lebanon named at 7:2 as an armory of cedar pillars. The targets outfit a ceremonial guard rather than a battlefield, gold too soft for war use, and 14:26-27 later records Shishak stripping them and Rehoboam replacing them with brass, a fall told in as few words as the making. The building that held state administration in chapter 7 now holds Solomon's gold armor, glory concentrated in one room.
This site's exposition
the House of the Forest of Lebanon
Albert Barnes hangs these gold shields with those David took from Hadadezer at 2 Samuel 8:7, around the outer walls of a house joined to the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Song of Songs 4:4 pictures such a tower hung with shields. Isaiah 22:8 later names the House of the Forest as an armory.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold,....
But Solomon had shields and targets carried before him, to signify that he took more pleasure in using his power for the defence and protection of the good, to whom he would be a praise. Magistrates are shields of the earth. (2.) He made a stately throne, on which he sat, to give laws to his subjects, audience to ambassadors, and judgment upon appeals,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He made three hundred shields - The מגן magen was a large shield by which the whole body was protected. Mr. Reynolds computes that the two hundred targets, on each of which were employed three hundred shekels of gold, were worth £28,131 16s. 9 1/2d. And the three hundred shields, in forming each of which three pounds of gold were employed, were worth £210,976 7s. 7d.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ | ushelosh- | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מֵא֤וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| מָֽגִנִּים֙ | maginim | shields | H4043 → | 63 times |
| זָהָ֣ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| שָׁח֔וּט | shachut | beaten | H7820 → | |
| שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת | sheloshet | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מָנִים֙ | manim | minas | H4488 → | |
| זָהָ֔ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| יַעֲלֶ֖ה | yaaleh | he put up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמָּגֵ֣ן | hamagen | the shield | H4043 → | 63 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ת | haechat | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם | vaiyitenem | and he put them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בֵּ֖ית | beit | [the] House of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יַ֥עַר | yaar | [the] Forest of | H3293 → | 59 times |
| הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ פ | halevanon | <the> Lebanon | H3844 → | 71 times |
וּשְׁלֹשׁ־and three
ushelosh-H7969 →432 times
מֵא֤וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
מָֽגִנִּים֙shields
maginimH4043 →63 times
זָהָ֣בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
שָׁח֔וּטbeaten
shachutH7820 →
שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁתthree
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
מָנִים֙minas
manimH4488 →
זָהָ֔בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
יַעֲלֶ֖הhe put up
yaalehH5927 →890 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמָּגֵ֣ןthe shield
hamagenH4043 →63 times
הָאֶחָ֑ת<the> one
haechatH259 →971 times
וַיִּתְּנֵ֣םand he put them
vaiyitenemH5414 →2011 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בֵּ֖ית[the] House of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יַ֥עַר[the] Forest of
yaarH3293 →59 times
הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ פ<the> Lebanon
halevanonH3844 →71 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 14:26He 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.
it 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.
- 1 Kings 15:18
Through
1 Kings 7:2He 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.
it 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.
- 2 Chronicles 9:16
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.