2 Chronicles 12:10

And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.

In Context

9So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

11And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:23He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.

1 Chronicles 11:25He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.

Lamentations 4:1How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:2-13

Abijah's Reign over Judah. ( b. c. 970.) 1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord , and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord , 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and… Read the whole commentary →

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