14. The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,
15. not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.
16. King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
17. He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
18. Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
19. The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.