1 Kings 10:16
And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.
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Exodus 25:36The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.
1 Kings 14:26And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:9So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:15-29
Solomon's Wealth. ( b. c. 990.) 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 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. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put… Read the whole commentary →