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2 Chronicles 12:9

in 2 Chronicles 12

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

The same verse in ASV and KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 12

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
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.

This site's exposition

the shields of gold which Solomon had made

on 2 Chronicles 12:9-11

Shishak takes the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, he took all, including the shields of gold which Solomon had made, the very targets and shields 2 Chr 9:15-16 records Solomon beating out of pure gold in the years when silver was not any thing accounted of. Rehoboam replaces them with shields of brass carried by the guard for the king's temple appearances, the same substitution 1 Kings 14:27-28 already records. Gold that once measured Solomon's glory is spent by Shishak and answered in brass, a decline the text states in objects rather than in verdicts.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, Those that acknowledge God righteous in afflicting them shall find him gracious. Those that humble themselves before him shall find favour with him. So ready is the God of mercy to take the first occasion to show mercy.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The story of Rehoboam's reign is here concluded, much as the story of the other reigns concludes. Two things especially are observable here:-- 1. That he was at length pretty well fixed in his kingdom,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 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.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּ֨עַלand he came up

    vaiyaalH5927890 times

  • שִׁישַׁ֥קShishak

    shishakH78957 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • מִצְרַיִם֮Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒Jerusalem

    yerushalimH3389643 times

  • וַיִּקַּ֞חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֹצְר֣וֹת[the] treasures of

    ʾotzerotH21479 times

  • בֵּית־[the] house of

    beit-H10042046 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • אֹֽצְרוֹת֙[the] treasures of

    ʾotzerotH21479 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH10042046 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַכֹּ֖ל<the> everything

    hakolH36055413 times

  • לָקָ֑חhe took

    lakachH3947966 times

  • וַיִּקַּח֙and he took

    vaiyikachH3947966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • מָגִנֵּ֣י[the] shields of

    magineiH404363 times

  • הַזָּהָ֔ב<the> gold

    hazahavH2091389 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • עָשָׂ֖הhe had made

    ʾasahH62132628 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃Solomon

    shelomohH8010291 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 15:18

    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…

    it 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.

    it 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.”

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.