So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take their place and gave them to the commanders of the guards for the palace gates.
He received more honor than the Thirty, but he did not become a member of the Three. David made him leader of his bodyguards.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites. And David’s sons were priests.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about seven and one-half pounds of gold.
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to put in their place and gave them to the commanders of the guards for the palace gates.
Whenever the king went to the Temple of the Lord, the guards went with him, carrying the shields. Later, they would put them back in the guardroom.
Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took the treasures from the Temple of the Lord and the king’s palace. He took everything, even the gold shields Solomon had made.
See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! The stones of the Temple are scattered at every street corner.