2 Chronicles 12:9 “So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures o…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house he tooke euen all, and hee caried away the shields of golde, which Salomon had made.

Darby Translation

And 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 away all; and he took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

Young's Literal Translation

And Shishak king of Egypt cometh up against Jerusalem, and taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king — the whole he hath taken — and he taketh the shields of gold that Solomon had made;

Bible in Basic English

So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

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Cross references

“Shishak”

1 Kings 14:25 1 Kings 14:26

1 Kings 14:25 · BSB

In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

1 Kings 14:26 · BSB

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.

“took away”

2 Kings 16:8 1 Kings 15:18 Lamentations 1:10 2 Kings 18:15 2 Kings 18:16

2 Kings 16:8 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 15:18 · BSB

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 so…

Lamentations 1:10 · BSB

The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

2 Kings 18:15 · BSB

Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

2 Kings 18:16 · BSB

At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.

“the shields”

2 Chronicles 9:15 2 Chronicles 9:16 1 Kings 10:16 1 Kings 10:17

2 Chronicles 9:15 · BSB

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

2 Chronicles 9:16 · BSB

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

1 Kings 10:16 · BSB

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

1 Kings 10:17 · BSB

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

10Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

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