And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
And it was so, that, as oft as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.
And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
It was so, that as often as the king went into the house of Yahweh, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
And it was so, that as oft as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
The guard bare them - The guard probably were just three hundred, answering to the number of the shields.
It appears from this verse that Rehoboam, notwithstanding that he encouraged, and perhaps secretly practiced, idolatry (1 Kings 14:22-24, compare 1 Kings 15:3, 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Chronicles 12:1), maintained a public profession of faith in Yahweh, and attended in state the temple services. Compare the conduct of Solomon, 1 Kings 9:25.
14:28 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 hehad forsaken.