But Uriyah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
1 Kings 14:27 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) King Rechav`am made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 Uriyah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
It happened after this, that Avshalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
It was so, that as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
The LORD said to Achiyah, Behold, the wife of Yarov`am comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.
and the hand of the LORD was on Eliyahu; and he girded up his waist, and ran before Ach'av to the entrance of Yizre`el.
He took the captains over hundreds, and the Kari, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
In the seventh year Yehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Kari and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shown them the king's son.
The king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and kill the Kohanim of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me. But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the Kohanim of the LORD.
He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;