The Meaning of 1 Kings 10:17 Explained

1 Kings 10:17

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does 1 Kings 10:17 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 10:14-29 - "solomon In All His Glory"
How dazzling is this description of Solomon's glory! And yet our Lord said that it was excelled by a single lily of the field, Matthew 6:28. Solomon's glory was put on from without; the real beauty is that which unfolds from within. If only your soul is planted in the soil of God's grace, it will array itself in the beauties of a holy life. The stainless robes are those which are washed in the blood of the Lamb.
Observe again-this was not the glory of June, but of October. Already the germs of disease were in Solomon's heart; already the autumn decay was in the air. The secret is told in the significant words of Nehemiah 13:26. Among many nations there was none like him and he was beloved of his God, but strange women were turning away his heart. It was a true statement that our Lord made concerning the rich, that with difficulty they enter the Kingdom. A holy man had good reason to pray earnestly for a young believer, who had suddenly come into a large estate.
The questions on, Sections 1-30, to be found on pages 177 and 178, will serve as a review at this point.
1 Kings 10:1-29 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 10

1  The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon
14  Solomon's gold
16  His targets
18  The throne of ivory
21  His vessels
24  His presents
26  his chariots and horse
28  his tribute

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 10:17 mean?

And [He made] three hundred shields [of] gold hammered three minas of gold went into shield one and put them the king in the House of the Forest of Lebanon -
וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֤וֹת מָֽגִנִּים֙ זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֔וּט שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת מָנִים֙ זָהָ֔ב יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־ הַמָּגֵ֣ן הָאֶחָ֑ת וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בֵּ֖ית יַ֥עַר הַלְּבָנֽוֹן פ

וּשְׁלֹשׁ־  And  [He  made]  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֤וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
מָֽגִנִּים֙  shields  [of] 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
זָהָ֣ב  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
שָׁח֔וּט  hammered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: שָׁחַט  
Sense: to beat, hammer.
שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מָנִים֙  minas 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מָנֶה  
Sense: maneh, mina, pound.
זָהָ֔ב  of  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
יַעֲלֶ֖ה  went 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עַל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַמָּגֵ֣ן  shield 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
הָאֶחָ֑ת  one 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם  and  put  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
בֵּ֖ית  in  the  House 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יַ֥עַר  of  the  Forest 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יַעַר 
Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height.
הַלְּבָנֽוֹן  of  Lebanon 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְבָנׄון  
Sense: a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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