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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

Context of 1 Kings 14:27

25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. 26He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made, 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. 28And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard carried them and brought them back to the guardroom. 29Now 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?

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 the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
• 1 Kings 14:1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
• 1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
• 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 to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
• 1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the guard who stood about him, "Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me." But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord.
• 2 Samuel 15:1After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run 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