1 Kings 15:15

And he brought inthe things which[R.V. that] his father had dedicated, andthe things which[R.V. that] himself had dedicated These apparently trivial changes of the R.V. are made so that this passage may be in accord with the identical passage in 2 Chronicles 15:18.

Here a commencement was made to supply the place of all those treasures which Shishak had carried off in the reign of Rehoboam. The silver and gold and vessels were no doubt the booty which had been taken from some conquered enemies. That it was customary thus to dedicate the booty or tribute of conquered and subject peoples we see from 2 Samuel 8:11, where David dedicates silver and gold taken from all the nations he had subdued. And it was not a custom confined to the Hebrews, for we are told (Ezra 1:7) that Nebuchadnezzar put into -the house of his gods" those vessels of the house of the Lord which he had brought away from Jerusalem.

into the house of the Lord These words the R.V. places after -brought," for the same reason which dictated the other slight changes in the verse.