1 Kings 6:32

6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved ¹  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. ²  He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. ³ 

1 Kings 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ⁴  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “carved carvings of.”

² tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).

³ tn Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”

⁴ sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

⁵ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.