16. He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
17. The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
18. There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.
19. There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.