²⁷ King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard^[a] who protected the entrance to the royal palace. ²⁸ Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

²⁹ The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.^[b]