In their stead. —The notice of this substitution is not only a curious point of accurate detail, but perhaps intended as a symboli…

And King Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields
For the king of Egypt has so stripped him of his gold, that he …

Nothing good is said here of Rehoboam, and much is said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The prevalence of the worst crimes, those of the worst…