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25 (A)Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. 26 And he took the treasures of the house of Yahweh and the treasures of the king’s house. And (B)he took everything; he (C)even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27 Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and (D)committed them into the hand of the commanders of the [a]guard who kept the door of the king’s house.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:27 Lit runner

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked(A) Jerusalem. 26 He carried off the treasures of the temple(B) of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields(C) Solomon had made. 27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.(D)

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