2 Chronicles 12:9 BSB

2 Chronicles 12:9

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.

BSB

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ASV

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house: he took all away: he took away also 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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,.... The Vulgate Latin version is,"departed from Jerusalem,''as he did, having taken it, and spoiled it of its riches, and settled a yearly tax on the inhabitants of the land; of this, and the two following verses; see Gill on 1Ki 14:26. 1Ki 14:27. 1Ki 14:28.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was what he came for. David and Solomon, who walked in the way of God, filled the treasuries, one by war and the other by merchandise; but Rehoboam, who forsook the law of God, emptied them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Took away the treasures - Such a booty as never had before, nor has since, come into the hand of man. The shields of gold - These shields were the mark of the king’s body-guard: it was in imitation of this Eastern magnificence that Alexander constituted his Argyraspides, adorned with the spoils taken from Darius. See Quintus Curtius, lib. viii., c. 5, et alibi.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֨עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he came up	H5927 →
שִׁישַׁ֥ק	shi.Shak	Shishak	H7895 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
מִצְרַיִם֮	mitz.ra.Yim	Egypt	H4714 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
וַיִּקַּ֞ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֹצְר֣וֹת	'o.tze.Rot	[the] treasures of	H214 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אֹֽצְרוֹת֙	'o.tze.rOt	[the] treasures of	H214 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכֹּ֖ל	ha.Kol	<the> everything	H3605 →
לָקָ֑ח	la.Kach	he took	H3947 →
וַיִּקַּח֙	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מָגִנֵּ֣י	ma.gi.Nei	[the] shields of	H4043 →
הַזָּהָ֔ב	ha.za.Hav	<the> gold	H2091 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָשָׂ֖ה	'a.Sah	he had made	H6213 →
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 15:18
So 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…
leads to
- 1 Kings 14:26
  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.
- 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 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,
- 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.
- Genesis 14:15
  During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
Through
2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
leads to
- 2 Kings 12:17–18
  At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 16:2
  So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was…
- Isaiah 7:17
  The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 2 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Chronicles