So King Shishak of Egypt went to war(A) against Jerusalem.(B) 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.(C) 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. 11 Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the guards would carry the shields and take them back to the armory.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:10 Lit the runners
  2. 12:11 Lit the chamber of the runners

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