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2 Chronicles 9:15

And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, and sixe hundreth shekels of beaten golde went to one target,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Shield;   Solomon;   Target;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Shields;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sabeans;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Mining and Metals;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Target;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Arms, Armor;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Arms;   Gold;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shield;  

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.
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.
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.
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 Also the weight of golde that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and sixe talents of golde, 14 Besides that which chapmen and marchants brought: and all the Kings of Arabia, and the princes of the countrey brought golde and siluer to Salomon. 15 And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, and sixe hundreth shekels of beaten golde went to one target, 16 And three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde: three hundreth shekels of golde went to one shielde, and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon. 17 And the King made a great throne of yuorie and ouerlaid it with pure golde. 18 And the throne had sixe steppes, with a footestoole of gold fastened to the throne, and stayes on either side on the place of the seate, and two lyons standing by the stayes. 19 And twelue lyons stoode there on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome. 20 And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold: for siluer was nothing esteemed in ye dayes of Salomo. 21 For the Kings ships went to Tarshish with the seruants of Huram, euery three yeere once came the ships of Tarshish, and brought golde, and siluer, yuorie, and apes, and peacockes. 22 So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

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
God spake also to Noah & to his sonnes with him, saying,
Genesis 9:10
And with euery liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattell, and with euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, vnto euery beast of the earth.
Exodus 28:12
And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the shoulders of the Ephod, as stones of remebrance of the children of Israel: for Aaron shall beare their names before the Lorde vpon his two shoulders for a remembrance.
Deuteronomy 7:9
That thou mayest knowe, that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithfull God which keepeth couenant and mercie vnto them that loue him and keepe his commaundements, euen to a thousand generations,
1 Kings 8:23
And sayd, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heauen aboue, or in the earth beneath, thou that keepest couenant and mercie with thy seruants that walke before thee with all their heart,
Nehemiah 9:32
Nowe therefore our God, thou great God, mightie and terrible, that keepest couenant and mercie, let not all the affliction that hath come vnto vs, seeme a litle before thee, that is, to our Kings, to our princes, and to our Priests, and to our Prophets, and to our fathers, and to all thy people since the time of the Kings of Asshur vnto this day.
Psalms 106:45
And he remembred his couenant towarde them and repented acoording to the multitude of his mercies,
Jeremiah 14:21
Doe not abhorre vs: for thy Names sake cast not downe the throne of thy glory: remember and breake not thy couenant with vs.
Ezekiel 16:60
Neuerthelesse, I wil remember my couenant made with thee in ye dayes of thy youth, and I wil confirme vnto thee an euerlasting couenant.
Luke 1:72
That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant,

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.


 
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