2nd Kings Chapter 11 verse 10 Holy Bible
And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Jehovah.
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And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and body-covers which had been King David's, and which were kept in the house of the Lord.
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And the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds king David's spears and shields which were in the house of Jehovah.
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And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
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And to the captains over hundreds the priest gave king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
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The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Yahweh.
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and the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears and the shields that king David had, that `are' in the house of Jehovah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give King David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord. We hear of David carrying with him to Jerusalem the "shields of gold," i.e. shields ornamented with gold, which he took from the servants of Hadadezer (2 Samuel 8:7); but otherwise we are not told of his establishing an armory. Solomon made six hundred shields of solid gold, and laid them up in the house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 10:17); but these were carried off by Sheshonk, when he invaded Judaea in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:26). Rehoboam, in their place, made three hundred brazen shields (1 Kings 14:27), which, however, were deposited in the guard-chamber of the royal palace. Of spears collected by David, and laid up in the temple, we know nothing beyond the present passage. There can be little doubt that the weapons were brought forth from their receptacle with the view (as Ewald says) of "consecrating the work of the restoration of the Davidic house with the sacred arms of the great founder himself" (see 'History of Israel,' vol. 4. p. 136) - not, however, with arms that he had worn, but with some which he had collected and laid up.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) King David's spears and shields.--The Hebrew has spear, but Chronicles has the plural, which appears correct. "Shields" should perhaps be arms. (Comp. 2Samuel 8:7; 2Chronicles 23:9.) The arms which David had laid up in the Temple as spoils of war were now to be used, appropriately enough, for the restoration of David's heir to the throne. Possibly, as Bahr suggests, the guards who came off duty at the palace had left their weapons there.
