# Three minas of gold went into each shield "They made each shield out of three minas of gold" # Three minas of gold "One and three-quarters kilograms of gold". A mina is about 600 grams. # the king put them "King Solomon's workers put them" # the House of the Forest of Lebanon "the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon" or this was the name of his whole palace. The palace was built of trees from Lebanon.