Instead of which king Rehoboam made. —See Note on 1 Kings 14:27, with which this verse coincides.

Chief of the guard…

He carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to th…

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 12:9).

When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very comm…