King James Version

2 Chronicles 9:15

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

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וַיַּ֨עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…הַמֶּ֧לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.שְׁלֹמֹ֛הshelomoSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהnoun, proper name — “Solomon”H8010Shelomah, David's successorSolomon.מָאתַ֥יִםmatayimhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, dual, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.צִנָּ֖הtsinahcoldצִנָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cold”, the ordinary formH6793a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.זָהָ֣בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.שָׁח֑וּטshachutbeatשָׁחַטverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “beat”, a verb used as a describing wordH7820to hammer outbeat.שֵׁ֤שׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.מֵאוֹת֙meothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.זָהָ֣בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.שָׁח֔וּטshachutbeatשָׁחַטverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “beat”, a verb used as a describing wordH7820to hammer outbeat.יַעֲלֶ֖הyaalehascend upעָלָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, an unfinished actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַצִּנָּ֥הhatsinahthe coldצִנָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the cold”, the ordinary formH6793a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.הָאֶחָֽתhaechatthe firstאֶחָדdefinite article, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “the first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.

Young’s Literal Translation

And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target;

World English Bible

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one large shield.

Darby Translation

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, — he applied six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold to one target;

Douay-Rheims

And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold: there were six hundred shekels of pure gold to one shield.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν διακοσίους θυρεοὺς χρυσοῦς ἐλατοὺς, ἑξακόσιοι χρυσοῖ καθαροὶ ἐπῆσαν ἐπὶ τὸν ἕνα θυρεόν.