King James Version
1 Kings 10:16 in the King James Version says “And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.”
1 Kings 10:16 · KJV
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
Beside that he had of the merchantmen , and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. governors: or, captains
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
And 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.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“went”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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