וּשְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֤וֹת מָֽגִנִּים֙ זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֔וּט שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ זָהָ֔ב יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־הַמָּגֵ֣ן הָאֶחָ֑ת וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּבֵ֖ית יַ֥עַר הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (פ)
他又用錘煉的金子造了三百面盾牌，每面盾牌用了三百金幣重的金子。王把這些盾牌放在黎巴嫩林宮裡。
Kohelet Rabbah
“I made myself pools of water to irrigate from them a forest which grows trees” (Ecclesiastes 2:6).
“I made myself pools of water” – an irrigation system; “to irrigate from them a forest which grows trees” – this is the Land of Israel, as it is stated: “[Three hundred shields of gold…] The king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon” (II Chronicles 9:16).16The shields were kept in the Land of Israel; hence, the Land of Israel is referred to as a forest.
“I made myself pools of water” – an irrigation system; “to irrigate from them a forest which grows trees” – this is the Land of Israel, as it is stated: “[Three hundred shields of gold…] The king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon” (II Chronicles 9:16).16The shields were kept in the Land of Israel; hence, the Land of Israel is referred to as a forest.