[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 Levanon.
Isaiah 22:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He took away the covering of Yehudah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then [God] removed the protective covering of Judah; and you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest [the king's armory] in that day. [I Kings 7:2; 10:17, 21.] American Standard Version (1901) And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest. Common English Bible Judah’s covering has been stripped away. On that day, you trusted the weapons in the Forest House. Catholic Public Domain Version And the covering of Judah will be exposed, and in that day, you will see the weaponry of the forest house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the covering of Juda shall be discovered: and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest. |
[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 Levanon.
For he built the house of the forest of Levanon; the length of it was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.
It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.