He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Parallel translations
- WEB and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
- KJV And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- NKJV And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
- NASB And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he took everything; he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- NLT He ransacked the treasuries of the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
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Quick answer
Shishak plunders the treasures of the temple and palace, including Solomon's gold shields. The glory of Solomon's kingdom is stripped away.
Overview
The loss of the temple treasures and gold shields marks the decline from Solomon's splendor due to sin. What had been gathered in faithfulness is carried off in a season of unfaithfulness. The verse vividly portrays how disobedience squanders God's blessings.
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- 1 Kgs 15:18So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 2 Chr 9:15–16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
- Ps 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- 2 Chr 12:9–11So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- 2 Kgs 24:13As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- Eccl 2:18–19I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- Prov 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- 1 Kgs 7:51So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 10:16–17King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
- Ps 89:35–45Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
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