2 Chronicles 12:9
Good News Translation
King Shishak came to Jerusalem and took the treasures from the Temple and from the palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that King Solomon had made.

New Revised Standard Version
So King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made;

Contemporary English Version
Shishak attacked Jerusalem and took all the valuable things from the temple and from the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.

New American Bible
Thereupon Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the house of the king. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the king's house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the king's house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made,

shishak

1 Kings 14:25,26 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem. . . .

took away

1 Kings 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants: and sent them to Benadad, son of Tabremon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:

2 Kings 16:8 And when he had gathered together the silver and gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the king's treasures, he sent it for a present to the king of the Assyrians.

2 Kings 18:15,16 And Ezechias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the king's treasures. . . .

Lamentations 1:10 Jod. The enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things: for she hath seen the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary, of whom thou gavest commandment that they should not enter into thy church.

the shields

2 Chronicles 9:15,16 And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear: . . .

1 Kings 10:16,17 And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sicles of gold for the plates of one shield. . . .

Context
Egypt Plunders Jerusalem
9So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the king's house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made,10Instead of which the king made brazen ones, and delivered them to the captains of the shieldbearers, who guarded the entrance of the palace.…
Cross References
1 Kings 10:16
And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sicles of gold for the plates of one shield.

1 Kings 10:17
And three hundred targets of fine gold: three hundred pounds of gold covered one target: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Libanus.

1 Kings 14:25
And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem.

1 Kings 14:26
And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king's treasures, and carried all off: as also the shields of gold which Solomon had made:

2 Chronicles 9:15
And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:

2 Chronicles 9:16
And three hundred golden shields of three hundred pieces of gold, which went to the covering of every shield: and the king put them in the armoury, which was compassed with a wood.

2 Chronicles 12:10
Instead of which the king made brazen ones, and delivered them to the captains of the shieldbearers, who guarded the entrance of the palace.

2 Chronicles 12:8
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