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Literal Standard Version

2 Chronicles 12:10

and King Rehoboam makes shields of bronze in their stead, and has given [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners who are keeping the opening of the house of the king;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Brass;   Rehoboam;   Repentance;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Brass;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Brass, or Copper;   Kings;   Metals;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arms;   Shishak;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Libya;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Rehoboam,;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Guard;   Rehoboam ;   Shemaiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Footman,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Rehoboam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cherethites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards who protected the entrance to the king’s palace.
Hebrew Names Version
King Rechav`am made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
King James Version
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
English Standard Version
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 Century Version
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take their place and gave them to the commanders of the guards for the palace gates.
New English Translation
King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
Amplified Bible
In their place King Rehoboam made shields of bronze and entrusted them to the care of the officers of the guard who guarded the door of the king's house.
New American Standard Bible
Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guards who guarded the entrance of the king's house.
World English Bible
King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In stead whereof King Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde, that wayted at the doore of the Kings house.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the hand of the commanders of the guard who kept the door of the king's house.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam had bronze shields made to replace the gold ones, and he ordered the guards at the city gates to keep them safe.
Complete Jewish Bible
To replace them, King Rechav‘am made shields of bronze, which he entrusted to the commanders of the contingent guarding the gate to the royal palace.
Darby Translation
And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the couriers who kept the entrance of the king's house.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Rehoboam made more shields to put in their places, but they were made from bronze. He gave them to the guards on duty at the palace gates.
George Lamsa Translation
Instead of which King Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard that kept the entrance of the kings house.
Good News Translation
To replace them, Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.
Lexham English Bible
And King Rehoboam made small shields of bronze in their place and committed them into the hand of the commanders of the guards who were keeping the entrance of the house of the king.
Literal Translation
And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and deposited them into the hand of the chiefs of the runners who kept the gate of the king's house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
in steade wherof kynge Roboa made shyldes of stele, and commytted the vnto the chefe fotemen, which kepte the dore of the kynges house.
American Standard Version
And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house.
Bible in Basic English
And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In steade of which, king Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde, & that kept the entraunce of the kinges house.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house.
King James Version (1611)
In stead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brasse, and committed them to the hands of the chiefe of the guard, that kept the entrance of the Kings house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.
English Revised Version
And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king’s house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for whiche the kyng made brasun scheeldis, and took tho to the princes of scheeld makeris, that kepten the porche of the paleis.
Update Bible Version
And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house.
Webster's Bible Translation
Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
New King James Version
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
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.
New Life Bible
King Rehoboam made battle-coverings of brass in their place. And he put them in the care of the captains of the soldiers who watched the door of the king's house.
New Revised Standard
but King Rehoboam made in place of them shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And King Rehoboam made, instead of them, bucklers of bronze, - and committed them unto the hand of the captains of the runners, who kept guard at the entrance of the house of the king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Instead of which the king made brazen ones, and delivered them to the captains of the shieldbearers, who guarded the entrance of the palace.
Revised Standard Version
and King Rehobo'am 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.
Young's Literal Translation
and king Rehoboam maketh in their stead shields of brass, and hath given [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners who are keeping the opening of the house of the king;
THE MESSAGE
King Rehoboam replaced the gold shields with bronze shields and gave them to the guards who were posted at the entrance to the royal palace. Whenever the king went to God 's Temple, the guards went with him carrying the shields, but they always returned them to the guardroom.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the door of the king's house.

Contextual Overview

1And it comes to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he has forsaken the Law of YHWH, and all Israel with him. 2And it comes to pass, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt has come up against Jerusalem—because they trespassed against YHWH— 3with one thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen, and there is no number to the people who have come with him out of Egypt—Lubim, Sukkiim, and Cushim— 4and he captures the cities of the bulwarks that [are] of Judah, and comes to Jerusalem. 5And Shemaiah the prophet has come to Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered to Jerusalem [to escape] from the presence of Shishak, and says to them, "Thus said YHWH: You have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak"; 6and the heads of Israel are humbled—and the king—and they say, "YHWH [is] righteous." 7And when YHWH sees that they have been humbled, a word of YHWH has been [sent] to Shemaiah, saying, "They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I do not pour out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak; 8but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands." 9And Shishak king of Egypt comes up against Jerusalem, and takes the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king—he has taken the whole—and he takes the shields of gold that Solomon had made; 10and King Rehoboam makes shields of bronze in their stead, and has given [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners who are keeping the opening of the house of the king;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shields of brass: 1 Kings 14:27, Lamentations 4:1

the chief: 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 23:23, 1 Chronicles 11:25, Song of Solomon 3:7, Song of Solomon 3:8

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:16 - two hundred 1 Chronicles 18:7 - shields 2 Chronicles 9:15 - two Nehemiah 3:16 - the house Ecclesiastes 2:19 - who knoweth

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
And YHWH says to Abram, "Go for yourself, from your land, and from your family, and from the house of your father, to the land which I show you.
Genesis 12:2
And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
Genesis 12:3
And I bless those blessing you, and I curse him who is cursing you, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you."
Genesis 12:4
And Abram goes on, as YHWH has spoken to him, and Lot goes with him, and Abram [is] a son of seventy-five years in his going out from Haran.
Genesis 12:8
And he removes from there toward a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretches out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he builds an altar to YHWH there, and preaches in the Name of YHWH.
Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh calls for Abram and says, "What [is] this you have done to me? Why have you not declared to me that she [is] your wife?
Genesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land of Canaan,
Genesis 43:1
And the famine [is] severe in the land;
Genesis 47:13
And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;
Ruth 1:1
And it comes to pass, in [the] days [when] the ones judging judge, that there is a famine in the land, and there goes a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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