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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXXΚαὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἰσελθεῖν τὸν βασιλέα εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ φυλάσσοντες, καὶ οἱ παρατρέχοντες, καὶ οἱ ἐπιστρέφοντες εἰς ἀπάντησιν τῶν παρατρεχόντων. (Kai egeneto en tōi eiselthein ton basilea eis oikon Kuriou, eiseporeuonto hoi fulassontes, kai hoi paratreⱪontes, kai hoi epistrefontes eis apantaʸsin tōn paratreⱪontōn. )
BrTrAnd it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.
ULTAnd it happened as often as the king came into the house of Yahweh, the runners came and carried them and brought them back to the chamber of the runners.
USTAfter that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then when the king left, they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
BSBAnd whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
NETWhenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.
LSVand it comes to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of YHWH, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back to the chamber of the runners.
FBVWhenever the king would enter the Temple of the Lord the guards would go with him, carrying the shields, and then take them back to the guardroom.
T4TAfter that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then when the king left, they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
LEBAnd whenever the king went into the house of Yahweh, the guards came and carried them, and then they returned them to the alcove of the guards.
BBEAnd 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.
JPSAnd it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.
ASVAnd it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.
DRAAnd when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the shieldbearers came and took them, and brought them back again to their armoury.
YLTand it cometh to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back unto the chamber of the runners.
DrbyAnd it was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the couriers came and fetched them, and brought them again into the chamber of the couriers.
RVAnd it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
WbstrAnd when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and conveyed them, and brought them again into the guard-chamber.
KJB-1769And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. (And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber/room. )
KJB-1611And when the king entred into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fet them, and brought them againe into the guard-chamber. (And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard-chamber/room.)
BshpsAnd it came to passe, that when the king entred into the house of the Lorde, the garde came and fet them, & brought them againe vnto the gard chamber. (And it came to pass, that when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again unto the gard chamber/room.)
GnvaAnd when the King entred into the house of the Lord, the garde came and bare them and brought them againe vnto the garde chamber. (And when the King entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and bare them and brought them again unto the guard chamber/room. )
CvdlAnd as oft as the kynge wente in to the house of the LORDE, ye fote men came & bare them, & brought them againe in to ye fote mens chaber. (And as often as the king went in to the house of the LORD, ye/you_all foot men came and bare them, and brought them again in to ye/you_all foot mens chaber.)
WyclAnd whanne the kyng entride in to the hows of the Lord, the scheeldmakeris camen, and token tho, and eft brouyten tho to his armure place. (And when the king entered in to the house of the Lord, the scheeldmakeris came, and token tho, and after brought those to his armure place.)
LuthUnd so oft der König in des HErr’s Haus ging, kamen die Trabanten und trugen sie und brachten sie wieder in der Trabanten Kammer. (And so oft the/of_the king in the LORD’s house ging, came the Trabanten and trugen they/she/them and brought they/she/them again in the/of_the Trabanten Kammer.)
ClVgCumque introiret rex domum Domini, veniebant scutarii et tollebant eos, iterumque referebant eos ad armamentarium suum. (And_when introiret king home Master, veniebant scutarii and tollebant them, againque referebant them to armamentarium his_own. )
12:9-11 The looting of the royal treasuries and of the Temple were the punishment Rehoboam received for his disobedience. The gold shields were ritually carried by the guard accompanying the king when he moved from the palace to the Temple. The royal processionals lost much of their splendor with the bronze shields (cp. 9:15-16), which were safely stored in the huge armory Solomon had built (8:6).
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from=sufficiency went_into the=king house_of YHWH they_went the,guards and,carried,them and,returned,them to/towards armory the,guards )
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(Occurrence 0) the guards would carry them
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from=sufficiency went_into the=king house_of YHWH they_went the,guards and,carried,them and,returned,them to/towards armory the,guards )
Alternate translation: “the guards would carry the shields”
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
