King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.
Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.
King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner. ב (Bet)