1 Kings 14:26
in 1 Kings 14He 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, 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.
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseHe took away the treasures - All the treasures which Solomon had amassed, both in the temple and in his own houses; a booty the most immense ever acquired in one place. All the shields of gold which Solomon had made - These were three hundred in number, and were all made of beaten gold. See a computation of their value in the note on 1Ki 10:17 (note).
This site's exposition
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
on 1 Kings 14:25-26
Shishak's campaign against Jerusalem in Rehoboam's fifth year has independent confirmation: the Bubastite Portal at Karnak lists a Palestinian campaign in the pharaoh's own hieroglyphic record, evidence standing alongside the biblical account rather than replacing it. He strips both treasuries, the house of the Lord and the king's house, and takes the shields of gold Solomon had made, the same gold Solomon multiplied past Deut 17:17's limit now leaving the country in a single raid. 2 Chr 12:2-9 adds that Shishak came because Judah had forsaken the law, a reason this book does not itself state here.
This site's exposition
all the gold shields that Solomon had made
Solomon made two hundred large shields and three hundred small ones of hammered gold at 10:16 and 17. Adam Clarke calls the plunder the greatest ever taken in one place. It came in the fifth year of Rehoboam.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Secondly, it is probable David and Solomon in their building and altering the city, had more respect to state and magnificence than to its defense, as having no great cause to fear the invasion of any enemies. And it is certain, that after the division between Judah and Israel, the kings of Judah added very much to the fortifications of it.
It was strange that David would marry his son Solomon to an Ammonitess (for it was done while he lived), but it is probable that Solomon was in love with her, because she was Naamah, a beauty (so it signifies), and his father was loth to cross him, but it proved to have a very bad influence upon posterity.
And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord,....
These, it is likely, tempted him to make his descent; and, to save the rest, Rehoboam perhaps tamely surrendered them, as Ahab, ch. xx. He also took away the golden shields that were made but in his father's time,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The circumstances of Shishak’s invasion, related here with extreme brevity, are given with some fulness by the author of Chronicles (marginal reference). It is still a question whether the submission of the Jewish king is or is not expressly recorded in the Karnak inscription. Midway in the list of cities and tribes occurs the entry “YUDeH-MALK” which it has been proposed to translate “Judah, king.” Others regard it as the name of a Palestinian town not otherwise known to us.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֞ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֹצְר֣וֹת | ʾotzerot | [the] treasures of | H214 → | 79 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ | ʾotzrot | [the] treasures of | H214 → | 79 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֹּ֖ל | hakol | <the> everything | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לָקָ֑ח | lakach | he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| וַיִּקַּח֙ | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מָגִנֵּ֣י | maginei | [the] shields of | H4043 → | 63 times |
| הַזָּהָ֔ב | hazahav | <the> gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | he had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
וַיִּקַּ֞חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֹצְר֣וֹת[the] treasures of
ʾotzerotH214 →79 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙[the] treasures of
ʾotzrotH214 →79 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַכֹּ֖ל<the> everything
hakolH3605 →5413 times
לָקָ֑חhe took
lakachH3947 →966 times
וַיִּקַּח֙and he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מָגִנֵּ֣י[the] shields of
magineiH4043 →63 times
הַזָּהָ֔ב<the> gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֖הhe had made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 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…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 12:18
So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries…
- 1 Kings 15:15
And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.
- 1 Kings 11:23–24
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
- Genesis 14:15
During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
- Genesis 15:2
But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- 2 Kings 12:18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.