2 CHRONICLES 12:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.”
And King Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house — Rehoboam replaced the gold shields with bronze substitutes (וַיַּעַשׂ הַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם תַּחְתֵּיהֶם מָגִנִּי נְחֹשֶׁת וַיִּתְמְקֵם בְיַד שָׂרֵי־הַרָצִים הַשֹּׁמְרִים אֶת־פֶּתַח־בֵּית־הַמֶּלֶךְ), assigning them to ceremonial guards. The material substitution symbolized diminished glory.
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