9:15a King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold;

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold.
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King Solomon had people make two hundred (200) large shields. They used hammers to beat thin gold and covered them with it.

9:15b six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

He used six hundred (600) measures of gold to make each shield.
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They used about three (3) kilograms of gold to cover each one.
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They used about six and a half (6½) pounds of gold to cover each one.

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