2 Chronicles 12 · Verse 9

2 Chronicles 12:9

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:9, King James Version

2 Chronicles 12:9 in other translations

BSBSo King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
WEBSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
ASVSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
YLTAnd Shishak king of Egypt cometh up against Jerusalem, and taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king--the whole he hath taken--and he taketh the shields of gold that Solomon had made;
DARBYAnd Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he took away all; and he took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
BBESo Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.
WebsterSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

What does 2 Chronicles 12:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. So Shishak ... came up against Jerusalem--After the parenthetical clause (2Ch 12:5-8) describing the feelings and state of the beleaguered court, the historian resumes his narrative of the attack upon Jerusalem, and the consequent pillage both of the temple and the palace. he took all--that is, everything valuable he found. The cost of the targets and shields has been estimated at about £239,000 [Napier, Ancient Workers in Metal]. the shields of gold--made by Solomon, were kept in the house of the forest of Lebanon (2Ch 9:16). They seem to have been borne, like maces, by the guards of the palace, when they attended the king to the temple or on other public processions. Those splendid insignia having been plundered by the Egyptian conqueror, others were made of inferior metal and kept in the guard room of the palace, to be ready for use; as, notwithstanding the tarnished glory of the court, the old state etiquette was kept up on public and solemn occasions. An account of this conquest of Judah, with the name of "king of Judah" in the cartouche of the principal captive, according to the interpreters, is carved and written in hieroglyphics on the walls of the great palace of Karnak, where it may be seen at the present day. This sculpture is about twenty-seven hundred years old, and is of peculiar interest as a striking testimony from Egypt to the truth of Scripture history.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Took away the treasures - Such a booty as never had before, nor has since, come into the hand of man. The shields of gold - These shields were the mark of the king's body-guard: it was in imitation of this Eastern magnificence that Alexander constituted his Argyraspides, adorned with the spoils taken from Darius. See Quintus Curtius, lib. viii., c. 5, et alibi.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 12:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'aland he came upH5927
שִׁישַׁ֥קshi.ShakShishakH7895
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
מִצְרַיִם֮mitz.ra.YimEgyptH4714
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֹצְר֣וֹת'o.tze.Rot[the] treasures ofH214
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֹֽצְרוֹת֙'o.tze.rOt[the] treasures ofH214
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֹּ֖לha.Kol<the> everythingH3605
לָקָ֑חla.Kachhe tookH3947
וַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מָגִנֵּ֣יma.gi.Nei[the] shields ofH4043
הַזָּהָ֔בha.za.Hav<the> goldH2091
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשָׂ֖ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213
שְׁלֹמֹֽה\׃she.lo.MohSolomonH8010

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 12:9

  • 2 Chronicles 9:15-16

    And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kings 10:16-17

    And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kings 14:25-28

    And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 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. 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. 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.

  • 2 Kings 16:8

    And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 18:15-16

    And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house. At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

  • Lamentations 1:10

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

  • 1 Kings 15:18

    Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

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Shishak.
1Ki 14:25,26
took away.
1Ki 15:18; 2Ki 16:8; 18:15,16; La 1:10
the shields.
9:15,16; 1Ki 10:16,17

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 12:8

    Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:9

    So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:10

    Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.

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2 Chronicles 12:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Subió pues Sisac rey de Egipto á Jerusalem, y tomó los tesoros de la casa de Jehová, y los tesoros de la casa del rey; todo lo llevó: y tomó los paveses de oro que Salomón había hecho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Shishak, roi d’Égypte, monta contre Jérusalem, et prit les trésors de la maison de l’ Éternel et les trésors de la maison du roi: il prit tout. Et il prit les boucliers d’or que Salomon avait faits.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Sisak, der König von Ägypten, zog wider Jerusalem herauf. Und er nahm die Schätze des Hauses Jehovas weg und die Schätze des Hauses des Königs: alles nahm er weg; und er nahm die goldenen Schilde weg, die Salomo gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Recessit itaque Sesac rex Ægypti ab Jerusalem, sublatis thesauris domus Domini et domus regis: omniaque secum tulit, et clypeos aureos quos fecerat Salomon: