Whenever the king went into the Lord’s temple, guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.
But Uriah slept at the entrance of the royal palace among his superior’s mercenaries. He didn’t go home.
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and put them by the entrance to the royal palace, where the captains of the guards were stationed.
Isn’t everything else concerning Rehoboam—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah?