KJV 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.
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1 Kings 14:26
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
and he took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, 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.
ASV American Standard Version
and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, yea, the whole he hath taken; and he taketh all the shields of gold that Solomon made.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 14
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
24 And there were also sodomites in the land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
26 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.
27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed [them] unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
28 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.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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וַיִּקַּ֞חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֹצְר֣וֹתH214 · o.tsartreasureבֵּית־H1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙H214 · o.tsartreasureבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallלָקָ֑חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוַיִּקַּח֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallמָגִנֵּ֣יH4043 · ma.genshieldהַזָּהָ֔בH2091 · za.havgoldאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂ֖הH6213 · a.sahto make: doשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃H8010 · she.lo.mohSolomon
Cross-references
1 Kings 15:18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold [that were] left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,2 Chronicles 9:15-16And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.Psalm 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.1 Kings 10:16-17And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.2 Chronicles 12:9-11So 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.1 Kings 7:51So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.Psalm 89:35-45Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.Ecclesiastes 2:18-19Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.2 Kings 24:13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
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