1 Kings 14:27-28
14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard
who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
14:28 Whenever the king visited the
Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.
1 Kings 14:2
14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise
yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.
1 Kings 12:10-11
12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam
had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’
Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!
12:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier.
My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”
The Song of Songs 3:7
3:7 Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch!
It is surrounded by sixty warriors,
some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.