2 Chronicles 12:10

And King Rehoboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Shishak set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 went up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures that were in the house of the Lord, and the treasures that were in the king’s house: he took all; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made.

11And it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:23He was honorable among the second three, but he reached not to the first three: and David made him his reporter. And these are the names of King David’s mighty men.

1 Chronicles 11:25He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he reached not to the first three: and David set him over his family.

Lamentations 4:1How will the gold be tarnished, 1 And the fine silver changed! 1 The sacred stones have been poured forth 1 At the top of all the streets. 1

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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