# He also made

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" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])

# three hundred shields

"300 shields" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])

# Three minas of gold

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" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bweight]])

# the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon

"the house called the House of the Lebanon Forest." See how you translated this in [1 Kings 7:2](../07/02.md).

