John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 10:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold, etc.] Which were a lesser sort: three pounds of gold went to one shield; or three hundred shekels, as in (<140916>2 Chronicles 9:16) a hundred shekels made one pound; so that these were but half the value of the former, and one of them was worth but two hundred and twenty five pounds: Eupolemus f242, an Heathen writer, makes mention of those golden shields Solomon made, and which were made for show, and not for war, as follows: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon; one part of which was made an armoury of, (see <220404>Song of Solomon 4:4).

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