However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”(A)

So King Shishak of Egypt went to war(B) against Jerusalem.(C) He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made.(D) 10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards[a] who protected the entrance to the king’s palace.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:10 Lit the runners

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