¹⁶ He also made three hundred small shields^(A) of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels^[a] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.^(B)

¹⁷ Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory^(C) and overlaid with pure gold. ¹⁸ The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.