14. Every year King Solomon received about fifty thousand pounds of gold.
15. Besides that, he also received gold from the traders and merchants, as well as from the kings of Arabia and governors of the land.
16. King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about seven and one-half pounds of gold.
17. He also made three hundred smaller shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about four pounds of gold. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.