2 Chronicles 9:16
Good News Translation
and three hundred smaller shields, each covered with about eight pounds of beaten gold. He had them all placed in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.

New Revised Standard Version
He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

Contemporary English Version
He also made 300 smaller gold shields that weighed almost two kilograms, and he put these shields in his palace in Forest Hall.

New American Bible
and three hundred bucklers of beaten gold (three hundred shekels of gold went into each buckler); and the king put them in the house of the Forest of Lebanon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

in the house

1 Kings 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Libanus; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits: and four galleries between pillars of cedar: for he had cut cedar trees into pillars.

Context
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor
15And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear: 16And 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.17The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.…
Cross References
1 Kings 7:2
He built also the house of the forest of Libanus; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits: and four galleries between pillars of cedar: for he had cut cedar trees into pillars.

1 Kings 14:26
And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king's treasures, and carried all off: as also the shields of gold which Solomon had made:

2 Chronicles 9:15
And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:

2 Chronicles 9:17
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 12:9
So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the king's house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made,

2 Chronicles 9:15
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