26. and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
27. King Rehoboam made shields of brass in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
28. It was so, that as often as the king went into Yahweh’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
29. Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
30. There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.