1 Kings 10:17

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15 besides that from the ^atraveling merchants, from the income of traders, ^bfrom all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.

16 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

17 He also made ^athree hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the ^bHouse of the Forest of Lebanon.

18 ^aMoreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.

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1 Kings 10:17

These shields, together with the 500 taken by David from Hadadezer II Samuel 8:7 were hung round the outer walls of a building, reckoned as belonging to the "house of the Forest of Lebanon," but separate from it, and called sometimes "the Tower of David" Song of Songs 4:4, or from its use "the armoury" Song of Songs 4:4; Isaiah 22:8. The practice of hanging shields outside walls for ornamentation seems to have existed at Tyre Ezekiel 27:10-11, Rome, Athens, and elsewhere. Traces of it are thought to be found in the Assyrian sculptures.

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