1 Kings 14:28

28 Whenever the king entered the LORD's temple, the guards would carry the shields and then return them to the guardroom.

1 Kings 14:28 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:28

And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord,
&c.] The temple; for though he had fallen into idolatry, he had not wholly forsaken the worship of God in the temple, and perhaps by the late humbling providence he might be stirred up to attend there more frequently:

that the guard bare them:
before him, partly for pomp and grandeur, and partly to keep in awe such as were inclined to mutiny and sedition:

and brought them back into the guard chamber;
when the king returned, the place where the guard lodged and slept by turns.

1 Kings 14:28 In-Context

26 He seized the treasures of the LORD's temple and the royal palace. He took everything, even all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

27 King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and assigned them to the officers of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

28 Whenever the king entered the LORD's temple, the guards would carry the shields and then return them to the guardroom.

29 The rest of Rehoboam's deeds and all that he accomplished, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings?

30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.