1 Kings 10:16

two hundred targetsof beaten gold The -targets" here spoken of appear, from the gold consumed in them, to have been much larger than the -shields" mentioned in the next verse. Both the names imply -protection," -covering," but give us no clue to their form. The LXX. makes these -targets" three hundred in number, and gives three hundred shekels of gold to each.

six hundredshekels of gold It was not unusual in Hebrew where it was well known what word ought to be supplied to omit the word -shekels" as is done here. So Genesis 24:22; Exodus 30:23. No Englishman misunderstands such an expression as -three hundred a year."