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From Gold to Brass
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon emphasize the stark symbolism of replacing Solomon's gold shields with brass ones. This 'come-down' represents a significant decline in the kingdom's glory, wealth, and spiritual vitality. The golden kingdom had become a brazen one, a physical sign of the consequences of turning away from God.
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2 Chronicles
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 12:10
19th Century
Bishop
Instead of which king Rehoboam made. —See Note on 1 Kings 14:27, with which this verse coincides.
Chief of the guard…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Chronicles 12:10–12
19th Century
Preacher
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 …
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 12:10
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 12:9).
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 12:1–16
17th Century
Minister
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…