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.
2 Chronicles 9:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels 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, with 300 shekels of gold spread on each shield. And 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 hundred shekels 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 seven and a half pounds of hammered gold in each shield. The king placed these in the Forest of Lebanon Palace. Catholic Public Domain Version and also three hundred gold shields, from three hundred gold pieces, which covered each shield. And the king placed them in the armory, which was situated in a forest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And three hundred golden shields of three hundred pieces of gold, which went to the covering of every shield. And the king put them in the armoury, which was compassed with a wood. |
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.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 7 kilograms of hammered gold went into each shield.
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.