Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Kings 14:27 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 27. 27And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Shishak takes Jerusalem's gold and bronze replaces it.”
In the fifth year Shishak comes up against Jerusalem
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 14:25–28. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 14:25–28
Read 1 Kings 14:27 with 14:25–28. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Dates Shishak of Egypt's attack on Jerusalem to Rehoboam's fifth year; describes the guard's ceremonial use and storage of the bronze replacements.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Shishak takes Jerusalem's gold and bronze replaces it,” 1 Kings 14:27 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: Shishak's seizure reverses Solomon's gold display after Judah's negative evaluation, and Rehoboam's bronze substitutes materialize the loss.
Read 1 Kings 14:25–28 together
Why these verses belong together: Shishak takes Jerusalem's gold and bronze replaces it is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 14:25–14:28.
Verse 25. 25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
Verse 26. 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Verse 27. 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
Verse 28. 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.
What Remains True
Wealth, military reach, trade, and public splendor remain answerable to covenant faithfulness, affected people, honest accounting, and the ends they serve. This unit tests that truth through dates Shishak of Egypt's attack on Jerusalem to Rehoboam's fifth year; describes the guard's ceremonial use and storage of the bronze replacements. In 1 Kings 14:27, the concrete line “And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 14:25–28 — Shishak takes Jerusalem's gold and bronze replaces itSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 14:25–28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 14:25–28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 612–614, translation and translator notes for 14:25–28
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