1 Kings 10:16

Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor

15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land. 16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. 17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Berean Standard Bible
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Free Bible Version
King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold. Each shield required six hundred shekels of hammered gold.
Geneva Bible 1599
And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, sixe hundreth shekels of gold went to a target:
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
Translation for Translators
King Solomon’s workers took this gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put ◄almost 15 pounds/more than 6 kg.► of gold on each shield.
Unlocked Literal Bible
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of gold went into each one.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold — six hundred of gold go up on the one target;