1 Kings 14:27

1 Kings 14:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
• New International Version (NIV)So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

Context of 1 Kings 14:27

25Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt [Jeroboam’s brother-in-law] came up against Jerusalem. 26He took away the treasures of the house (temple) of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything, he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and handed them over to the captains of the palace guard who guarded the doorway of the king’s house. 28And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards would carry them and bring them back into the guardroom. 29Now as for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

1 Kings 14:27 word by word

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ רְחַבְעָם֙ תַּחְתָּ֔ם מָגִנֵּ֖י נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְהִפְקִ֗יד עַל־יַד֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הָרָצִ֔ים הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים פֶּ֖תַח בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Rehoboamרְחַבְעָםrechab‛âm · RehoboamH7346
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• in their stead brasenנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• shieldsמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
• and committedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: overseerH6485
• unto the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• of the chiefשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of the guardרוּץrûts · to run: guardH7323
• which keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: palaceH1004

Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:27

• Lamentations 4:1How dark and dim the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered At the head of every street.
• 1 Kings 14:1At that time Abijah the son [and crown prince, heir] of Jeroboam became sick.
• 1 Kings 18:46Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah [giving him supernatural strength]. He girded up his loins and outran Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel [nearly twenty miles].
• 1 Samuel 8:11He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them for himself to his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.
• 1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the guards who stood around him, “Turn around and kill the priests of the Lord, because their loyalty also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not inform me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to put out their hands to attack the Lord’s priests.
• 2 Samuel 15:1After this, Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men as runners before him.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:27

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen for his temple and his worship, shows that nothing can mend the hearts of fallen men but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit. On this alone may we depend; for this let us daily pray, in behalf of ourselves and all around us. The splendour of their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-28When Rehoboam replaced Solomon's gold shields with bronze ones, it showed the kingdom's declining spiritual state. Judah and Jerusalem avoided complete destruction only after Rehoboam repented in response to the Lord's message through the prophet Shemaiah (2 Chronicles 12:5–6, 12).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 14:27

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rehoboam
• Shield

In the dictionaries

• Rehoboam
• Buckler
• Cruse
• Guard
• Ahijah
• Armor; Arms
• Nadab
• Philistines
• Post
• Prophecy; Prophets

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings