1 Kings 14:27

27 To replace them, King Rechav'am made shields of bronze, which he entrusted to the commanders of the contingent guarding the gate to the royal palace.

1 Kings 14:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:27

And King Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields
For the king of Egypt had so stripped him of his gold, that he was not able to replace golden ones:

and committed them into the hands of the chief of the guard;
or "runners" ^F16, that went before the king, or attended him as his bodyguard when he went abroad:

which kept the door of the king's house;
which kept guard night and day in their turns.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Myurh) "cursorum", Pagninus, Montanus

1 Kings 14:27 In-Context

25 In the fifth year of King Rechav'am, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Yerushalayim.

26 He took the treasures in the house of ADONAI and the treasures in the royal palace - he took everything, including all the gold shields Shlomo had made.

27 To replace them, King Rechav'am made shields of bronze, which he entrusted to the commanders of the contingent guarding the gate to the royal palace.

28 Whenever the king went to the house of ADONAI, the guard would get the shields; later they would return them to the guardroom.

29 Other activities of Rechav'am and all his accomplishments are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Y'hudah.