1 Kings 10:17
What does 1 Kings 10:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 10:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and three hundred shields of alloyed gold--three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them <FI>in<Fi> the house of the forest of Lebanon.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and three hundred shields of beaten gold, — he applied three minas of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 14:26
and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 7:2
For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
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