But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house.
1 Kings 14:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 so King Rehoboam made shields of bronze instead and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard who kept the door of the king’s house. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition King Rehoboam made in their stead bronze shields and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard who kept the door of the king's house. American Standard Version (1901) And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house. Common English Bible King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and assigned them to the officers of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. Catholic Public Domain Version In place of these, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and he delivered them into the hand of the commanders of the shield bearers, and of those who were keeping the night watch before the gate of the king's house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Roboam made shields of brass instead of them, and delivered them into the hand of the captains of the shieldbearers, and of them that kept watch before the gate of the king's house. |
But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house.
After this Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
As often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.
But the Lord said to Ahijah, “The wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her when she comes. She will pretend to be another woman.”
But the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; he girded up his loins and ran in front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
He took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land; then they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, marching through the gate of the guards to the king’s house. He took his seat on the throne of the kings.
But in the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the captains of the Carites and of the guards and had them come to him in the house of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord; then he showed them the king’s son.
The king said to the guard who stood around him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David; they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not raise a hand to attack the priests of the Lord.
He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots,