He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 3.5 kilograms of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was forty-five metres long, twenty-three metres wide, and thirteen and a half metres high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.
He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
So King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem. He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made.