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.
1 Kings 10:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; nearly two kilograms of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. American Standard Version (1901) And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. Common English Bible and three hundred small shields of hammered gold, using sixty ounces of gold in each shield. The king placed these in the Forest of Lebanon Palace. Catholic Public Domain Version And for the three hundred crescent-shaped shields of tested gold, there were three hundred minas of gold covering one shield. And the king placed these in the house of the forest of Lebanon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And three hundred targets of fine gold: three hundred pounds of gold covered one target. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Libanus. |
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.
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.
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.
He removed the defences of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.