1 Kings 14:26

26 He took the treasures from the Temple of the Lord and the king's palace. He took everything, even the gold shields Solomon had made.

1 Kings 14:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:26

And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord
Which perhaps Jeroboam had informed him of, and for the sake of which he came, as well as to make a diversion in favour of Jeroboam, who had contracted an intimacy with him when in Egypt; and who might have no regard for Rehoboam, who was not a son of Pharaoh's daughter, and so no relation to him: these were the treasures which David had left to his son Solomon, and had dedicated for the temple, even gold, silver, and vessels, which he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord, and perhaps added to them, ( 1 Kings 7:51 ) , and the treasures of the king's house; the riches, gold, silver, and jewels, whatever of worth and value he had in his chests and cabinets:

he even took away all:
that he could find and come at; for that there were some left is plain from ( 1 Kings 15:18 ) ,

and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made;
and which were put in the house of the forest of Lebanon, ( 1 Kings 10:16 1 Kings 10:17 ) .

1 Kings 14:26 In-Context

24 There were even male prostitutes in the land. They acted like the people who had lived in the land before the Israelites. They had done many evil things, and God had taken the land away from them.

25 During the fifth year Rehoboam was king, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

26 He took the treasures from the Temple of the Lord and the king's palace. He took everything, even the gold shields Solomon had made.

27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to put in their place and gave them to the commanders of the guards for the palace gates.

28 Whenever the king went to the Temple of the Lord, the guards carried the shields. Later, they would put them back in the guardroom.