2 Chronicles 9:16
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.
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Comparing 1Ki 10:16-17, it follows from the two passages together that the “pound of gold” was equal to 100 shekels.
We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat - Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as…
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shields See note on 2Ch 9:15.
the house of the forest of Lebanon So called probably because it was built of cedar of Lebanon (1Ki 7:2). It was in Jerusalem and seems to have existed as late as the…