1 Kings 10:16 - Printer Friendly

ESV: King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.

NIV: King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

NASB: King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, using six hundred shekels of gold on each large shield.

CSB: King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; fifteen pounds of gold went into each shield.

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

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

NKJV: And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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