1 Kings 14:25-31

25 ¹Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

26 He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and ²he took everything, ³even taking all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

27 So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and ⁴committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king's house.

28 Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the LORD, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards' room.

29 ⁵Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Judah?

30 ⁶There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually *.

31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and ⁷his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became king in his place.

1 Kings 14:25-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 11:40; 2 Chronicles 12:2, 9
• 2. 1 Kings 15:18; 2 Chronicles 12:9
• 3. 1 Kings 10:17; 2 Chronicles 9:15, 16
• 4. 1 Samuel 8:11; 1 Samuel 22:17
• 5. 2 Chronicles 12:15, 16
• 6. 1 Kings 12:21; 1 Kings 15:6
• 7. 1 Kings 14:21

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "and he took away"
• [b] Lit "hand"
• [c] Lit "runner"
• [d] Lit "runners"
• [e] Lit "runners"