27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and [a]committed them to the hands of the captains of the [b]guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:27 entrusted
  2. 1 Kings 14:27 Lit. runners

27 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.(A)

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28 And whenever the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards carried them, then brought them back into the guardroom.

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28 Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.

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