2 Chronicles 9:15

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

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KJV

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

ASV

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

DBT

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

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And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold - For a more correct valuation of these targets and shields than that in 1Ki 10:17 (note), see at the end of the chapter.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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2 Chronicles 12:9
So 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.
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.
1 Kings 10:16–17
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
2 Samuel 8:7
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 18:7
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
Exodus 25:36
The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
Song of Solomon 4:4
Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
1 Samuel 17:6
and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

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PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.

About this book

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

2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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