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Pharaoh Shishak of Egypt Raids Jerusalem

25 It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, 26 and he took the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and he took all the treasures of the king’s house. He took the small gold shields that Solomon had made, 27 so King Rehoboam made small copper shields in place of them and entrusted them[a] to the commanders of the royal guard who keep the doorway of the king’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:27 Literally “he assigned on the hand”