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Shekel of the King's Weight, Royal Shekel

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

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Kilde: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread.