Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Shields of brass

Bible References

Shields of brass

1 Kings 14:27
In whose stead, king Rehoboam made brazen shields and put them in the keeping of the captains of the guard which waited at the door of the king's house.
Lamentations 4:1
{Aleph} O how is the gold become so dim? How is the goodly colour of it so sore changed? And the stones of the sanctuary thus scattered in the corner of every street?

The chief

2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
2 Samuel 23:23
And David made him of his counsel.
1 Chronicles 11:25
was the gloriousest of thirty: but attained not unto the three. And David made him of his secret counsel.
Song of Songs 3:7
Behold, about Solomon's bedstead there stand sixty valiant men of the most mighty in Israel.