So Shishak king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and he took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; he even took the gold shields which Solomon had made.
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- WEB So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- KJV So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- BSB So 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.
- NKJV So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also carried away the gold shields which Solomon had made.
- NLT So King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. 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 the gold shields Solomon had made. The kingdom's glory is stripped away because of sin.
Overview
The Egyptian king carries off the splendor accumulated in Solomon's golden age, including the famed gold shields. The loss of the temple treasures visibly marks the cost of Judah's unfaithfulness. The fading of Solomonic glory reminds readers that earthly riches are fleeting, while the treasure secured in Christ cannot be plundered (Matthew 6:19-20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Kgs 10:16–17King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.
- 2 Chr 9:15–16King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.
- 2 Kgs 16:8Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
- 1 Kgs 14:25–28In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
- 1 Kgs 15:18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
- 2 Kgs 18:15–16Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
- Lam 1:10The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.
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