2 Chronicles 9:16

What does 2 Chronicles 9:16 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 9:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred <FI>shekels<Fi> of gold he causeth to go up on the one shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and three hundred shields of beaten gold, — he applied three hundred [shekels] of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

Context

v.15And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.

v.16This passage

v.17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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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