2 Chronicles 12:11
New International Version
Whenever the king went to the LORD’s temple, the guards went with him, bearing the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.

New Living Translation
Whenever the king went to the Temple of the LORD, the guards would also take the shields and then return them to the guardroom.

English Standard Version
And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard came and carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.

Berean Standard Bible
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guard would go and bring them out; then they would take them back into the guardroom.

New American Standard Bible
As often as the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards’ room.

NASB 1995
As often as the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards’ room.

NASB 1977
And it happened as often as the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards’ room.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that as often as the king entered the house of Yahweh, the guards would come and carry them and then bring them back into the guards’ room.

Amplified Bible
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried the shields and then brought them back into the guards’ room.

Christian Standard Bible
Whenever the king entered the LORD’s temple, the guards would carry the shields and take them back to the armory.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whenever the king entered the LORD’s temple, the royal escorts would carry the shields and take them back to the royal escorts’ armory.

American Standard Version
And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English


Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.

Contemporary English Version
Whenever Rehoboam went to the LORD's temple, the guards carried the shields. But they always took them back to the guardroom as soon as he had finished worshiping.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the shieldbearers came and took them, and brought them back again to their armoury.

English Revised Version
And it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whenever the king went into the LORD's temple, guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

Good News Translation
Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

International Standard Version
As often as the king entered the LORD's Temple, the guards came and transported the shields to the Temple and then brought them back to the guard's quarters.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

Literal Standard Version
and it comes to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of YHWH, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back to the chamber of the runners.

Majority Standard Bible
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

New American Bible
Whenever the king visited the house of the LORD, the attendants would carry them, and then return them to the guardroom.

NET Bible
Whenever the king visited the LORD's temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

New Revised Standard Version
Whenever the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard would come along bearing them, and would then bring them back to the guardroom.

New Heart English Bible
It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and conveyed them, and brought them again into the guard-chamber.

World English Bible
As often as the king entered into Yahweh’s house, the guard came and bore them, then brought them back into the guard room.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back unto the chamber of the runners.

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Context
Egypt Plunders Jerusalem
10Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 11And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom. 12Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.…

Cross References
1 Kings 14:28
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

2 Chronicles 12:10
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

2 Chronicles 12:12
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.


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2 Chronicles 12
1. Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak
5. He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah,
7. are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil
13. The reign and death of Rehoboam














(11) And when.--And as often as.

The guard came and fetched . . .--The runners came and bare them; and they (after the royal procession) restored them to the guard room of the runners. (See on 1Kings 14:28, which reads, "the runners used to bear them.")

Solomon's golden shields had been kept in "the house of the forest of Lebanon" (2Chronicles 9:16).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Whenever
מִדֵּי־ (mid·dê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough

the king
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

would enter
ב֥וֹא (ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the guards
הָרָצִים֙ (hā·rā·ṣîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7323: To run

would go [with him],
בָּ֤אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

bearing [the shields],
וּנְשָׂא֔וּם (ū·nə·śā·’ūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

and [later] take them back
וֶהֱשִׁב֖וּם (we·hĕ·ši·ḇūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the guardroom.
הָרָצִֽים׃ (hā·rā·ṣîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7323: To run


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