John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 10:17

"And [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon." — 1 Kings 10:17 (ASV)

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold
Which were a lesser sort:

three pounds of gold went to one shield ;
or three hundred shekels, as in (2 Chronicles 9:16) a hundred shekels made one pound; so that these were but half the value of the former, and one of them was worth but two hundred and twenty five pounds: Eupolemus ^F15 , an Heathen writer, makes mention of those golden shields Solomon made, and which were made for show, and not for war, as follows:

and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon ;
one part of which was made an armoury of, see (Song of Solomon 4:4) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34.