1 Kings 14:28

1 Kings 14:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
• New International Version (NIV)Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And whenever the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards carried them, then brought them back into the guardroom.

Context of 1 Kings 14:28

26He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he took everything, even taking all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king’s house. Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the Lord, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards’ room. 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? 30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

1 Kings 14:28 word by word

וַיְהִ֛י מִדֵּי־בֹ֥א הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה יִשָּׂאוּם֙ הָֽרָצִ֔ים וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּם אֶל־תָּ֥א הָרָצִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Then it happenedהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• as oftenדַּיday · sufficiencyH1767
• as the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• guardsרוּץrûts · to run: guardH7323
• would carryנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• them and would bringשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• roomתָּאtâ' tâ'âh · chamberH8372

Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:28

• 2 Chronicles 12:11As often as the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards’ room.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28The guard bare them - The guard probably were just three hundred, answering to the number of the shields.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28It appears from this verse that Rehoboam, notwithstanding that he encouraged, and perhaps secretly practiced, idolatry (1 Kings 14:22-24, compare 1 Kings 15:3, 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Chronicles 12:1), maintained a public profession of faith in Yahweh, and attended in state the temple services. Compare the conduct of Solomon, 1 Kings 9:25.Read the comment
• 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 14:28

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rehoboam

In the dictionaries

• Cruse
• Guard
• Ahijah
• Nadab
• Philistines
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Rehoboam
• Temple
• Footman

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