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Shekel of the King's weight; Royal shekel

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 (2Sa 14:26), probably the light shekel of 130 grains. See WEIGHTS...

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