David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.

He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.