17 And he made 300 (A)shields of beaten gold; three minas[a] of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in (B)the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:17 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram

21 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of (A)the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.

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