2 Chronicles 9:15

Bible in Basic English

And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds of hammered gold went into each shield.

Hebrew Names Version
King Shlomo made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one buckler.

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

English Standard Version
King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.

New Century Version
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about seven and one-half pounds of hammered gold.

New English Translation
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

Amplified Bible
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, using six hundred shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

New American Standard Bible
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, using six hundred shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

World English Bible
King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one buckler.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, and sixe hundreth shekels of beaten golde went to one target,

Legacy Standard Bible
And King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

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

Contemporary English Version
Solomon made two hundred gold shields that weighed about seven and a half pounds each.

Complete Jewish Bible
King Shlomo made 200 large shields of hammered gold; fifteen pounds of hammered gold went into one shield.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold. He used about 15 pounds of gold for each shield.

George Lamsa Translation
And King Solomon made two hundred shields of fine gold; six hundred shekels of fine gold went into each shield.

Good News Translation
Solomon made two hundred large shields, each of which was covered with about fifteen pounds of beaten gold,

Lexham English Bible
And King Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.

Literal Translation
And King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; he put six hundred shekels of beaten gold on the one buckler;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the which kynge Salomon made two hundreth speares of beaten golde, so yt sixe hundreth peces of beaten golde came vpo one speare:

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And king Solomon made two hundred tarkets of beaten golde: and sixe hundred sicles of beaten golde were spet vpon one target.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target;

King James Version (1611)
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: sixe hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold: there were six hundred shekels of pure gold to one shield.

English Revised Version
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor kyng Salomon made two hundrid goldun speris of the summe of sixe hundrid `floreyns, ether peesis of gold, that weren spendid in ech spere;

Update Bible Version
And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one buckler.

Webster's Bible Translation
And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.

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

New Living Translation
King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.

New Life Bible
King Solomon made 200 battle-coverings of beaten gold. The beaten gold he used to make each large covering was as much as 600 gold pieces.

New Revised Standard
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into each large shield.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And King Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold, - six hundred shekels of beaten gold, overlay one shield;

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

Revised Standard Version
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

THE MESSAGE
King Solomon crafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold—about fifteen pounds of gold to each shield—and about three hundred small shields about half that size. He stored the shields in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

Contextual Overview

¹³ Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents; ¹⁴ And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon. ¹⁵ And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it. ¹⁶ And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon. ¹⁷ Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold. ¹⁸ There were six steps up to it, and a foot-rest of gold fixed to it, and arms on the two sides of the seat, with two lions at the side of the arms. ¹⁹ And twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom. ²⁰ All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon. ²¹ For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks. ²² And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two: 2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Chronicles 12:10, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:36 - beaten 1 Samuel 17:6 - target of brass 2 Samuel 8:7 - shields 1 Kings 14:26 - the shields of gold 1 Chronicles 18:7 - shields Ecclesiastes 2:8 - silver Song of Solomon 4:4 - a thousand

Cross-References

Genesis 9:8
And God said to Noah and to his sons,

Genesis 9:10
And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.

Exodus 28:12
And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.

Deuteronomy 7:9
Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;

1 Kings 8:23
Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.

Nehemiah 9:32
And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.

Psalms 106:45
And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.

Jeremiah 14:21
Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.

Ezekiel 16:60
But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.

Luke 1:72
To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Comparing 1 Kings 10:16-17, it follows from the two passages together that the “pound of gold” was equal to 100 shekels.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 9:15. And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold — For a more correct valuation of these targets and shields than that in 1 Kings 10:17, see at the end of the chapter. 2 Chronicles 9:29.