Every time the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards went with him. They carried the shields. After they were finished, they put the shields back on the wall in the guard room.
2 Chronicles 12:11 - Easy To Read Version When the king entered the Lord’s temple, the guards would bring the bronze shields out. Later they would put the bronze shields back into the guard room. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And whenever the king entered the Lord's house, the guards came and got the shields of bronze and brought them again into the guard chamber. American Standard Version (1901) And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. Common English Bible Whenever the king entered the LORD’s temple, the guards would carry the shields and then return them to the guardroom.) Catholic Public Domain Version And when the king would enter into the house of the Lord, the shield bearers would arrive and take them, and they would carry them back to their armory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the shieldbearers came and took them, and brought them back again to their armoury. |
Every time the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards went with him. They carried the shields. After they were finished, they put the shields back on the wall in the guard room.
King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take the place of the gold shields. Rehoboam gave the bronze shields to the commanders who were responsible for guarding the entrance to the king’s house.
When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord turned his anger away from Rehoboam. So the Lord did not fully destroy Rehoboam. There was some good in Judah.