25 (A)Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt marched against Jerusalem. 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and (B)he took everything; (C)he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27 So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and (D)entrusted them to the [a]care of the commanders of the [b]guard who guarded the doorway of the king’s house. 28 And it happened as often as the king entered the house of the Lord, that the [c]guards would carry them and would bring them back into the [d]guards’ room.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:27 Lit hand
  2. 1 Kings 14:27 Lit runners
  3. 1 Kings 14:28 Lit runners
  4. 1 Kings 14:28 Lit runners

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