'Shields' in the Bible
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.
From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,
Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David's spears and shields that were kept in God's temple.
Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age equipped with spears and shields.
Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army.
Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.