Bible Strands
1 Kings 14:28
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a procedural detail of King Rehoboam’s reign, placed directly after the description of him commissioning bronze shields for the palace guards.
The words — The Hebrew verb יִשָּׂאוּ (yi.sa.'U) translates literally as "they carried," and the noun הָֽרָצִים (ha./ra.Tzim) denotes "the runners" or guards who managed the shields.
The thread — This account of the shield-bearing ritual runs parallel to the narrative in 2 Chronicles 12:11, which documents the same practice during Rehoboam’s rule.
Why it lands — The passage demands the reader note the physical routine of transferring protective regalia between the royal palace and the temple, establishing a concrete boundary between court authority and sacred space.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 12:11 And 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.