The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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 AND MEASURES.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.