# King Solomon made

It might be best to translate so that the reader understands that other people helped Solomon do this. AT: "King Solomon's men made" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# two hundred large shields

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

# Six hundred shekels of gold

A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. AT: "About 6.6 kilograms of gold" or "Six and one half kilograms of gold" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])

# Six hundred shekels

Because the word "shekels" does not appear here in the Hebrew text, some modern versions assume instead the unit of bekah, which was equivalent to only a half shekel. Any version making this assumption would signal a metric equivalent of about three kilograms.

# He also made

It might be best to translate so that the reader understands that other people helped Solomon do this. AT: "The king's men also made" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# three hundred shields

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

# Three minas of gold

A mina is a unit of weight equal to about 550 grams. AT: "About 1.7 kilograms of gold" or "One and three-quarters kilograms of gold" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/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](../07/01.md).

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shield]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/palace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/lebanon]]