And renders the verbal transition in Hebrew that means “And it happened.” Good News Translation and many other modern translations do not translate this transition since it is followed in Hebrew by a statement of a rather general truth (as often as …).

The guard bore them and brought them back: The guard is the same word as in verse 27. The direct object them refers to the shields.

The guardroom was a place in the Temple where the equipment used by the guards was stored since such items were used only on special ceremonial occasions. New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh refers to this room as “the armory of the guards.”

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Kings, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .