1 Kings 10:17

Contextual Overview

¹⁴The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was twenty-five tons, ¹⁴ Now the weight of gold that came to Shlomo in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold, ¹⁴ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, ¹⁴ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, ¹⁴ Every year King Solomon received about fifty thousand pounds of gold. ¹⁴ Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year, ¹⁴Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, ¹⁴ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, ¹⁴ Also the weight of golde, that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and six talents of gold, ¹⁴Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

Bible Verse Review
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in the house: 1 Kings 7:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:36 - beaten 2 Samuel 8:7 - shields 1 Kings 10:21 - the house 1 Kings 14:26 - the shields of gold 1 Chronicles 18:7 - shields 2 Chronicles 9:15 - two 2 Chronicles 12:9 - the shields Isaiah 22:8 - the armour

Cross-References

Genesis 34:2
Shekhem the son of Hamor the Hivvi, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

Genesis 34:2
And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her and lay with her and raped her.

Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he took her and forced her to have sexual relations with him.

Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.

Genesis 34:2
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince (sheik) of the land, saw her, he kidnapped her and lay [intimately] with her by force [humbling and offending her].

Genesis 34:2
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and raped her.

Genesis 34:2
Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

Genesis 34:2
Then Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and took her and lay with her and violated her.

Genesis 34:2
She was seen by Hamor's son Shechem, the leader of the Hivites, and he grabbed her and raped her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold,.... Which were a lesser sort:

three pounds of gold went to one shield; or three hundred shekels, as in 2 Chronicles 9:16 a hundred shekels made one pound; so that these were but half the value of the former, and one of them was worth but two hundred and twenty five pounds: Eupolemus o, an Heathen writer, makes mention of those golden shields Solomon made, and which were made for show, and not for war, as follows:

and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon; one part of which was made an armoury of, see Song of Solomon 4:4.

o Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These shields, together with the 500 taken by David from Hadadezer 2 Samuel 8:7 were hung round the outer walls of a building, reckoned as belonging to the “house of the Forest of Lebanon,” but separate from it, and called sometimes “the Tower of David” Song of Solomon 4:4, or from its use “the armoury” Song of Solomon 4:4; Isaiah 22:8. The practice of hanging shields outside walls for ornamentation seems to have existed at Tyre Ezekiel 27:10-11, Rome, Athens, and elsewhere. Traces of it are thought to be found in the Assyrian sculptures.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 10:17. He made three hundred shields — The מגן magen was a large shield by which the whole body was protected.

Mr. Reynolds computes that the two hundred targets, on each of which were employed three hundred shekels of gold, were worth £28,131 16s. 9 1/2d.

And the three hundred shields, in forming each of which three pounds of gold were employed, were worth £210,976 7s. 7d.