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2 Chronicles 9:15

2 Chronicles 9:15 is verse 15 of 2 Chronicles chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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.

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2 Chronicles 9:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

14 not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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

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.

17 Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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.

2 Chronicles 12:10

Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

1 Kings 10:16

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

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.

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