Commentary for I Kings 10:16
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה מָאתַ֥יִם צִנָּ֖ה זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֑וּט שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת זָהָ֔ב יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־הַצִּנָּ֥ה הָאֶחָֽת׃
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
Rashi on I Kings
Full shields. [A body shield that] encircles the person on three sides. This is the meaning of the verse in the Book of Tehillim, “as a body shield, with good, will You shall surround him.”7Tehillim 5:13.
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Rashi on I Kings
Six hundred. Six manim, for [a piece of] gold is a dinar.
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