1 Kings 10:16

Green's Literal Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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

Amplified Bible
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten (hammered) gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

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

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

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

Contemporary English Version
Solomon made two hundred gold shields and used about seven and a half pounds of gold for each one.

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

Darby Translation
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold,—he applied six hundred [shekels] of 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 pure gold; six hundred minas of gold went into each shield;

Good News Translation
Solomon made two hundred large shields and had each one overlaid with almost fifteen pounds of gold.

Lexham English Bible
King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold; six hundred measures of gold went up over each shield.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And kynge Salomon caused to make two hundreth speares of beaten golde, sixe hundreth peces of golde put he to euery speare:

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

Bible in Basic English
And 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 targettes of beaten golde: sixe hundred sicles of golde went to a target.

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

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

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.

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

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And kyng Salomon made two hundrid scheeldis of pureste gold; he yaf sixe hundrid siclis of gold in to the platis of oo scheeld;

Young's Literal Translation
And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold -- six hundred of gold go up on the one target;

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

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

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

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

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

New Life Bible
King Solomon made 200 large body coverings for battle of beaten gold. For each covering he used 600 pieces of gold.

New Revised Standard
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of 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 gold, laid he upon one shield;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sicles of gold for the plates of one shield.

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

THE MESSAGE
King Solomon crafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold—seven and a half pounds of gold to each shield—and three hundred smaller 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 gold on each large shield.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold, ¹⁵ apart from the merchant men, and from the traffic of the traders, and from all the Arabian kings, and from the governors of the lands. ¹⁶ And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target; ¹⁷ and three hundred shields of beaten gold: three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. ¹⁸ And the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. ¹⁹ The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind; and stays were on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays; ²⁰ and twelve lions were standing on the six steps, on this side and on that; there was not the like made in any kingdom. ²¹ And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of refined gold; there was none of silver; it was not counted for anything in the days of Solomon; ²² For the king had a navy of Tarshish at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years the navy of Tarshish would come bearing gold, and silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ²³ And King Solomon was greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two hundred: Mr. Reynolds computes that these 200 targets were worth 28,131 16s. 9d.; and that the 300 shields were worth 210,976 7s. 7d. 1 Kings 14:26-28, 2 Chronicles 9:15, 2 Chronicles 9:16, 2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Chronicles 12:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:36 - beaten 1 Samuel 17:6 - target of brass 2 Samuel 8:7 - shields 1 Chronicles 18:7 - shields 2 Chronicles 1:14 - Solomon

Cross-References

Judges 1:21
And the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. And the Jebusites live with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

2 Samuel 24:18
And Gad came in to David on that day and said to him, Go up, raise up an altar to Jehovah in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Zechariah 9:7
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth. But the remnant, even he, shall be for our God. And he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron, like a Jebusite.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold,.... Which were a larger sort of shields, which covered the whole body; and these were made of gold beaten with the hammer, or drawn into plates, being melted like wax; so the Poeni or Carthaginians made shields of gold m:

six hundred shekels of gold went to one target; which is to be understood not of the weight, but of the price or value of them, which amounted to four hundred and fifty pounds of our money; so Brerewood n.

m Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 35. 3. n Ut supra. (De Ponder. & Pret. c. 5.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “targets” seem to have been long shields protecting the whole body, while the “shields” of the next verse were bucklers of a smaller size, probably round, and much lighter. They may be compared with the Assyrian long shield, and the ordinary Assyrian round shield. As the amount of gold used in each of the larger shields was only 600 shekels - worth from 650 to 700 of our money - and that used in the smaller ones was only half as much it is evident that the metal did not form the substance of the shields, but was laid as a coating or plating over them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 10:16. Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold — I have already conjectured that the צנה tsinnah might resemble the Highland targe or target, with a dagger projecting from the UMBO or centre.