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1 Kings 10:17
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Solomon’s manufacturing output during his reign, placing the completed shields in a designated royal storage complex. The account follows the production of larger shields and precedes the carving of an ivory throne.
The words — מָגִנִּים (maginnim) translates to small shields, and שָׁחֻט (shachat) denotes metal that has been hammered or beaten flat. These terms specify both the reduced scale and the precise metallurgical process applied to the three hundred objects.
The thread — The text later reports that the Egyptian king Shishak seized these exact gold shields from the royal palace (1 Kings 14:26). The storage location is previously defined as a separate architectural complex Solomon constructed (1 Kings 7:2).
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to record the exact quantity and weight of royal treasure before noting its eventual confiscation. It presents a factual accounting of accumulated wealth that later becomes vulnerable to conquest.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 7:2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 14:26 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.