that were on the servants of Hadadezer Or, that belonged to, &c. Probably it was his bodyguard which was distinguished by these golden shields. Similarly a corps of the Macedonian army under Alexander the Great was known as "the silver-shields" (ἀργυράσπιδες).

The Septuagint adds at the end of the verse: "And Susakim [i.e. Shishak] king of Egypt took them, when he went up to Jerusalem in the days of Roboam the son of Solomon." In 1 Kings 14:26 there is a corresponding addition in the Sept.: "And the golden spears which David took from the hand of the servants of Adraazar king of Soba and carried to Jerusalem, he took them all."

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