1 Kings 14:27 meaning and explanation
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
1 Kings 14:27, Berean Standard Bible
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After Shishak of Egypt stripped Jerusalem, Rehoboam replaced Solomon's gold shields with bronze ones and entrusted them to the guard captains at the palace entrance. The verse belongs to the larger account of Rehoboam's reign in Judah, where the glory of Solomon's era gives way to loss and a diminished substitute.
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