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Song of Solomon 8:11-12
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11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.
    He leased out the vineyard to keepers.
    Each was to bring a thousand shekels[a] of silver for its fruit.
12 My own vineyard is before me.
    The thousand are for you, Solomon,
    two hundred for those who tend its fruit.

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  1. 8:11 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds.
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Song of Solomon 8:11-12
Lexham English Bible

Solomon’s Vineyard and the Maiden’s Gift

11 Solomon had a vineyard[a] at Baal-hamon;
    he entrusted his vineyard to the keepers;[b]
    people paid a thousand silver pieces for its fruit.[c]
12 My own “vineyard” belongs to me;[d]
    the “thousand” are for you, O Solomon,
        and “two hundred” for those who tend its fruit.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:11 Literally “A vineyard was for Solomon”
  2. Song of Solomon 8:11 Literally “he gave the vineyard to the keepers”
  3. Song of Solomon 8:11 Literally “each one brought a thousand silver pieces for his fruit”
  4. Song of Solomon 8:12 Literally “My vineyard that for me before my face”
  5. Song of Solomon 8:12 Literally “and two hundred for the keepers of his fruit”
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