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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Shishak king of Egypt’s attack on Jerusalem during the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign. The passage documents the systematic plunder of sacred and royal assets following that military incursion.
The words — וַ/יִּקַּ֞ח (va/yi.kach) translates literally to “and he took,” denoting Shishak’s seizure. אֹצְרוֹת (otserot) means “treasures,” specifying the wealth extracted from both the house of the LORD and the royal palace.
The thread — The depleted treasuries reappear when Asa withdraws remaining silver and gold in 1 Kings 15:18. The stolen gold shields connect to their original fabrication in 2 Chronicles 9:15 and Solomon’s completed temple work in 1 Kings 7:51.
Why it lands — The text states the concrete removal of consecrated and royal wealth to a foreign conqueror. It requires the reader to note the immediate institutional downgrade, as Rehoboam replaces the gold shields with bronze in 1 Kings 14:27.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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 message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 2 Chronicles 9:15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
- 1 Kings 7:51 So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 10:16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
- 2 Kings 24:13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- 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.
- Psalms 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 89:35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
- Proverbs 23:5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.