1 Kings 10:17

WEB

He made 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.

KJV

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

Commentary

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 Ch2 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 Sol 4:4 . (o) Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34.