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Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”[a]

King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. 10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard[b] who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 12:8 tn Heb “so they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 12:10 tn Heb “runners” (also in v. 11).