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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXXΚαὶ τριακόσια ὅπλα χρυσᾶ ἐλατά· καὶ τρεῖς μναῖ ἐνῆσαν χρυσοῦ εἰς τὸ ὅπλον τὸ ἕν· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς οἶκον δρυμοῦ τοῦ Λιβάνου. (Kai triakosia hopla ⱪrusa elata; kai treis mnai enaʸsan ⱪrusou eis to hoplon to hen; kai edōken auta ho basileus eis oikon drumou tou Libanou. )
BrTrAnd three hundred [fn]shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
ULTand 300 beaten gold shields, three gold minas went up on one shield. And the king gave them to the house of the forest of the Lebanon.
USTHis workers made three hundred smaller shields. They covered each of them with one and three-quarters kilograms of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
BSBHe also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold [fn] went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
10:173 minas is approximately 3.77 pounds or 1.71 kilograms of gold; possibly a reference to double minas, that is, approximately 7.54 pounds or 3.42 kilograms.
OEBand three hundred shields of beaten gold--three minahs of gold went on one shield--and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
WEBBEHe made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas[fn] of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
10:17A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds.
NETHe also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
LSVand three hundred shields of alloyed gold—three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king puts them [in] the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
FBVHe also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold. Each of these shields required three gold minas.[fn] The king placed them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
T4THis workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with ◄almost 4 pounds/1.5 kg.► of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
LEBAlso he made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went up over each of the small shields; and the king put them into the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
BBEAnd he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.
JPSAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold: three pounds of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
ASVAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
DRAAnd three hundred targets of fine gold: three hundred pounds of gold covered one target: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Libanus.
YLTand three hundred shields of alloyed gold — three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them [in] the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Drbyand three hundred shields of beaten gold, — he applied three minas of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
RVAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon;
WbstrAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
KJB-1769And 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.
KJB-1611[fn]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 forrest of Lebanon. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsAnd he made three hundred shieldes of beaten golde: three pounde of gold went to one shielde, and the king put them in the house of the wood of Libanon. (And he made three hundred shieldes of beaten gold: three pounde of gold went to one shielde, and the king put them in the house of the wood of Libanon.)
GnvaAnd three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde, three pound of gold went to one shielde: and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon. (And three hundreth shieldes of beaten gold, three pound of gold went to one shielde: and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon. )
Cvdland thre hundreth shyldes of ye best golde, euen thre pounde of golde vpon euery shylde. And the kynge put them in the house of the wod of Libanus. (and three hundreth shyldes of ye/you_all best gold, even three pounde of gold upon every shylde. And the king put them in the house of the wod of Libanus.)
Wycland he made thre hundrid of bokeleris of preued gold; thre hundrid talentis of gold clothiden o bokeler. And the kyng puttide tho in the hows of the forest of Lyban. (and he made three hundred of bokeleris of proved gold; three hundred talents of gold clothedn o bokeler. And the king put those in the house of the forest of Lyban.)
Luthund dreihundert Tartschen vom besten Golde, je drei Pfund Goldes zu einer Tartsche. Und der König tat sie in das Haus vom Walde Libanon. (and threehundert Tartschen from_the besten Golde, each/ever three Pfund Goldes to einer Tartsche. And the/of_the king did they/she/them in the house from_the Walde Libanon.)
ClVgEt trecentas peltas ex auro probato: trecentæ minæ auri unam peltam vestiebant: posuitque eas rex in domo saltus Libani.[fn] (And trecentas peltas from with_gold probato: trecentæ minæ auri unam peltam vestiebant: posuitque eas king in at_home saltus Libani. )
10.17Saltus Libani. Sylva Libani Ecclesiam gentium significat, quæ de fastu superbiæ abscissa in fabrica domus Dei aptatur. Unde: Invenimus eam in campis sylvæ.
10.17Saltus Libani. Sylva Libani Ecclesiam gentium significat, which about fastu superbiæ abscissa in fabrica home of_God aptatur. Whence: Invenimus her in campis sylvæ.
10:14-29 To further describe Solomon’s splendor, the writer builds upon the details of the queen’s visit (10:1-13), describing Solomon’s wise use of wealth in his palace complex (10:14-21) and concluding with the far-reaching effects of Solomon’s wisdom in commercial arrangements (10:22-29).
(Some words not found in UHB: and=three hundreds small_shields gold hammered three minas gold it_will_ascend on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,shield the,each and,put,them the=king house_of forest the,Lebanon )
It might be best to translate so that the reader understands that other people helped Solomon do this. Alternate translation: “The king’s men also made”
(Some words not found in UHB: and=three hundreds small_shields gold hammered three minas gold it_will_ascend on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,shield the,each and,put,them the=king house_of forest the,Lebanon )
(Some words not found in UHB: and=three hundreds small_shields gold hammered three minas gold it_will_ascend on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,shield the,each and,put,them the=king house_of forest the,Lebanon )
A mina is a unit of weight equal to about 550 grams. Alternate translation: “About 1.7 kilograms of gold” or “One and three-quarters kilograms of gold”
the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon
(Some words not found in UHB: and=three hundreds small_shields gold hammered three minas gold it_will_ascend on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,shield the,each and,put,them the=king house_of forest the,Lebanon )
“the house called the House of the Lebanon Forest.” See how you translated this in 1 Kings 7:2.
Near the beginning of Solomon’s reign, the Lord promised to bless him with great wisdom, riches, and honor (1 Kings 3:2-15), and the fulfillment of this promise led to great fame for Solomon throughout the Near East. Humanly speaking, Solomon had been set up for immense success by his father David, who passed on to him a powerful kingdom that stretched from the tip of the Red Sea to the Euphrates River (2 Samuel 8-10; 1 Chronicles 18-19; 2 Chronicles 8). During Solomon’s reign Israel controlled all land routes leading from Egypt and the Red Sea to the Aramean and Hittite nations to the north, and they also controlled the northern terminus of the great Incense Route leading from the peoples of southwest Arabia to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea at Gaza. Solomon appears to have capitalized on his strategic control over travel and shipping throughout the region by setting up a very lucrative international arms dealership, through which he paired chariots bought from Egypt with horses bought from Kue (the term sometimes translated as “Egypt” should probably be translated “Muzur,” a district near Kue) and sold them to the kings of the Hittites and Arameans. Solomon also likely gained immense wealth from very productive copper mines at Punon, Timna, and elsewhere (see “Southern Arabah Valley” map). All this won him great renown among all the rulers of the Near East, including the queen of Sheba, who traveled over a thousand miles to see for herself Solomon’s great wisdom and splendor. She brought with her luxurious gifts from her land, including spices, precious stones, and gold, which she may have obtained from nearby Ophir. Solomon also arranged for King Hiram of Tyre to provide him with cedar timbers from Lebanon to build the Temple of the Lord and his royal palace (2 Chronicles 2). The logs were bound into rafts, floated down to Joppa, and then disassembled and hauled up to Jerusalem. Solomon also launched ships to sail to faraway lands during his reign and bring back riches and exotic goods. Scholars have proposed various locations for the exact destination of the ships, and some have struggled to reconcile what can seem like confusion on the part of the biblical writers over the term Tarshish. But a careful reading of the biblical accounts indicates that there were probably two separate fleets of ships: the fleet of Hiram and Solomon’s fleet of ships of Tarshish. Both fleets are separately mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22, and the phrase “at sea with” may simply indicate that they were sailing at the same time but not necessarily together. Also, the list of goods brought back by Hiram’s fleet is somewhat different than the list of goods brought back by Solomon’s fleet (compare 1 Kings 10:11, 22; 2 Chronicles 8:17-18; 9:10, 21). Likewise, the wording of 2 Chronicles 8:17-18 is that Hiram “sent to [Solomon] by the hand of his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea,” but the implication seems to be that the ships remained Hiram’s, not Solomon’s, whereas the other fleet of ships of Tarshish appears to have belonged to Solomon, though the ships were manned by Hiram’s men as well (2 Chronicles 9:21). Thus, Hiram’s fleet set sail from Ezion-geber, traveled the length of the Red Sea, and acquired gold from Ophir. Solomon’s fleet, on the other hand, could have sailed either the Red Sea or the Mediterranean Sea, since the term ships of Tarshish seems to have been used at times to indicate a class of trading or refinery ships rather than a specific destination (see article for “Tarshish” map). It is also possible, however, that the term Tarshish referred to the ships’ actual destination, which during Solomon’s reign appears to have been located in the far western Mediterranean Sea. This is supported by isotopic studies of silver found in Israel during Solomon’s time, which have traced the source to Tharros on the island of Sardinia. This also fits well with the length of time given for the voyage of Solomon’s fleet, which returned every three years with their exotic goods.
