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Shishak attacks Jerusalem

1 Kgs 14:25–28 · 2 Chr 12:9–11

1 Kings

1 Kgs 14:25–28

25In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.

26He 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.

27Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

28And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

2 Chronicles

2 Chr 12:9–11

9So 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.

10Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

11And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

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