Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 9:16
And three hundred shields [made he of] beaten gold: three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
16. shields ] See note on 2Ch 9:15.
the house of the forest of Lebanon ] So called probably because it was built of cedar of Lebanon (1Ki 7:2). It was in Jerusalem and seems to have existed as late as the time of Isaiah (Isa 22:8) as an armoury.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 1Ki 10:17].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) Shields.Maginnm. The mgn was a rouud or oval shield, about half the size of the target (innah), with which it is often contrasted; e.g., Psa. 35:2; LXX., .
Three hundred shekels of gold.Kings, three manehs of gold. The maneh or mina (Assyrian, mana), was 1-60th part of a talent, and was equivalent to fifty or sixty shekels. Either the reading of our text is an error of transcription (shlosh mth for shlosheth manm), or the word shekels is wrongly supplied in our version, and we ought rather to read drachms (100 drachms = 1 mina). The Syriac reads, And three minas of gold wrought on the handle of one shield; so also the Arabic.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
shields = covering or protecting shields. Hebrew. maginnim.
house of the forest of Lebanon. This is the palace of cedar in Jerusalem (1Ki 7:2).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
in the house: 1Ki 7:2
Reciprocal: 2Sa 8:7 – shields 1Ki 10:16 – two hundred 1Ki 14:26 – the shields of gold 1Ch 18:7 – shields 2Ch 12:9 – the shields Son 4:4 – a thousand