It was so, that as often as the king went into Yahweh’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
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It was so, that as often as the king went into Yahweh’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
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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.
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And it was so, that as oft as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 14:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 12:11 As often as the king entered into Yahweh’s house, the guard came and bore them, then brought them back into the guard room.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 14:28 And it was [so], when the king…
1Ki 14:28 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.
Ver. 28. That the guard bare them.] Propter periculum insidiarum etiam in ipsa domo Domini metuendarum, to prevent danger.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain When the king went into the house of the…
When the king went into the house of the Lord; by which it seems the affliction had done him some good, and brought him back to the worship of God, which he had forsaken.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and…
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did,.... In the course of his reign, that was memorable:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? who had annalists or historiographers to write for them, as the kings of Israel had, Kg1 14:19, in the writing of which, especially with respect to genealogies, Shemaiah the prophet, and Iddo the seer, were concerned, Ch2 12:15.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To the house, &c. - By which it seems…
To the house, &c. - By which it seems the affliction had done him some good, and brought him back to the worship of God, which he had forsaken.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 28. The guard bare them] The guard probably…
Verse 28. The guard bare them] The guard probably were just three hundred, answering to the number of the shields.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 14:28. When the king went to the house…
1Ki 14:28. When the king went to the house of the Lord — It appears from this, that he had not quite forsaken the worship or God; but still, at least occasionally, attended at the temple: or, if he had forsaken it, the chastisement he had received by the instrumentality of the king of Egypt had done him some good, and brought him back to that worship.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain It appears from this verse that Rehoboam, notwithstanding that…
It appears from this verse that Rehoboam, notwithstanding that he encouraged, and perhaps secretly practiced, idolatry (1Ki 14:22-24, compare 1Ki 15:3, 1Ki 15:12; 2Ch 12:1), maintained a public profession of faith in Yahweh, and attended in state the temple services. Compare the conduct of Solomon, 1Ki 9:25.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. And it was so, when] For ‘when’ the…
28. And it was so, when] For ‘when’ the R.V. gives, as often as. The Hebrew word is not common. It occurs 1Sa_18:30; 2Ki_4:8; in the latter place the A.V. gives ‘as oft as,’ and in the former the R.V., has changed ‘after’ into ‘as often as,’ with a great improvement to the sense.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) When the king went.—Hence we see that Rehoboam…
(28) When the king went.—Hence we see that Rehoboam still worshipped in the house of the Lord. If his idolatry were like that of his father, it would not have prevented this; but in 2Ch_12:6-8; 2Ch_12:12 it is implied that after the invasion he “humbled himself,” and returned to the Lord.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And it was so, when the king went unto…
And it was so, when the king went unto the house of the Lord, that the guards runners bare them Whatever idolatries Rehoboam tolerated or encouraged, it is clear that he maintained the temple worship with great pomp and circumstance. The state visits of the Sultan to the Mosque may perhaps be best compared with these processions. Ewald sees in this circumstance a proof of Rehoboam"s vanity. The brazen shields were "borne before him in solemn procession, as if everything were the same as before", and brought them back into the guard chamber Heb." chamber of the runners." Solomon"s golden shields were kept "in the house of the forest of Lebanon". (1Ki_10:17) These shields of Brass were of so little value that the guard chamber sufficed for their custody.
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