and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both the house of David and the house of Aaron, might have done very well if they had continued in the way of their duty; but here we have all out of order there. I.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 12:1-12
2Ch 12:9-12 With 2Ch 12:9 the account of the war is taken up again and continued by the repetition of the words, “Then marched Shishak ... against Jerusalem” (2Ch 12:4). Shishak plundered the treasures of the temple and the palace; he had consequently captured Jerusalem.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 12:9-12