² He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon.^(A) It was one hundred fifty feet^[a] long, seventy-five feet^[b] wide, and forty-five feet^[c] high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.

¹⁷ He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; nearly four pounds^[a] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.^(A)