1 Kings 10:17
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And 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.

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
16And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sicles of gold for the plates of one shield. 17And 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.18King Solomon also made a great throne of ivory: and overlaid it with the finest 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 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,

Isaiah 22:8
And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.

Lexicon
[He also made] three
וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ (ū·šə·lōš-)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

hundred
מֵא֤וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)
Number - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3967: A hundred

small shields
מָֽגִנִּים֙ (mā·ḡin·nîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile

of hammered
שָׁח֔וּט (šā·ḥūṭ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7820: To hammer out

gold;
זָהָ֣ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

three
שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

minas
מָנִים֙ (mā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4488: A fixed weight, measured amount, a maneh, mina

of gold
זָהָ֔ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

went
יַעֲלֶ֖ה (ya·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

into
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

each
הָאֶחָ֑ת (hā·’e·ḥāṯ)
Article | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

shield.
הַמָּגֵ֣ן (ham·mā·ḡên)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile

And the king
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

put them
וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם (way·yit·tə·nêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

in the House
בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of the Forest
יַ֥עַר (ya·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

of Lebanon.
הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3844: Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel


Additional Translations
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.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.

And 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.

And three hundred 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.

and 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.

And 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;

And 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.

[he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

and 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.
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