KJV 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.
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2 Chronicles 12:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 12
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous.
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 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.
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
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וַיַּ֨עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשִׁישַׁ֥קH7895 · shi.shaqShishakמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingמִצְרַיִם֮H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptעַל־H5921 · aluponיְרוּשָׁלִַם֒H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוַיִּקַּ֞חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֹצְר֣וֹתH214 · o.tsartreasureבֵּית־H1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֹֽצְרוֹת֙H214 · o.tsartreasureבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallלָקָ֑חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוַיִּקַּח֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מָגִנֵּ֣יH4043 · ma.genshieldהַזָּהָ֔בH2091 · za.havgoldאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂ֖הH6213 · a.sahto make: doשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃H8010 · she.lo.mohSolomon
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 9:15-16And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.1 Kings 10:16-17And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.1 Kings 14:25-28And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:2 Kings 16:8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria.Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.2 Kings 18:15-16And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house.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,
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