2 Chronicles 9:15

New Living Translation

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

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.

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 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 Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold. ¹⁴ This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the provinces also brought gold and silver to Solomon. ¹⁵ King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds. ¹⁶ He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7 1⁄2 pounds. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. ¹⁷ Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. ¹⁸ The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne. ¹⁹ There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it! ²⁰ All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon's day! ²¹ The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish manned by the sailors sent by Hiram. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ²² So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth.

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
Then God told Noah and his sons,

Genesis 9:10
and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth.

Exodus 28:12
Fasten the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as a reminder that Aaron represents the people of Israel. Aaron will carry these names on his shoulders as a constant reminder whenever he goes before the Lord .

Deuteronomy 7:9
Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.

1 Kings 8:23
and he prayed, "O Lord , God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven above or on the earth below. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion.

Nehemiah 9:32
"And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.

Psalms 106:45
He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

Jeremiah 14:21
For the sake of your reputation, Lord , do not abandon us. Do not disgrace your own glorious throne. Please remember us, and do not break your covenant with us.

Ezekiel 16:60
Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

Luke 1:72
He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant—

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.