Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom. Young's Literal Translation and it cometh to pass, from the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners bear them, and have brought them back unto the chamber of the runners. King James Bible And it was [so], when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. Hebrew Andוַיְהִ֛י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be whenever מִדֵּי־ (mid·dê-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough the king הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king entered בֹ֥א (ḇō) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the royal escorts הָֽרָצִ֔ים (hā·rā·ṣîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run bore the shields יִשָּׂאוּם֙ (yiś·śā·’ūm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take and then took them back וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּם (we·hĕ·šî·ḇūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the guardroom. הָרָצִֽים׃ (hā·rā·ṣîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run |