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Nevertheless, they will be subject to him so that they learn the difference between serving me and serving other nations.
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Egypt's King Shishak attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the LORD's temple and the royal palace. He took everything, even the gold shields Solomon had made.
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King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and assigned them to the officers of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. (
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Whenever the king entered the LORD's temple, the guards would carry the shields and then return them to the guardroom.)
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When Rehoboam submitted, the LORD was no longer angry with him, and total destruction was avoided. There were, after all, some good things still in Judah.