Shekel of the King's Weight, Royal Shekel

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors

('ebhen ha-melekh, "stone (i.e. weight) of the king"): The shekel by which Absalom's hair was weighed (2Sa 14:26), probably the light shekel of 130 grains.

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Source of the article

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915