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2 Chronicles 12:6

HumilityRepentanceJustice

4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

5 Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

7 When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

8 Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

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BSB
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
KJV
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
WEB
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “The LORD is righteous.”
ASV
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.
DARBY
And the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.
BLB
And the leaders of Israel humbled themselves—and the king—and they said, “Righteous [is] YHWH.”
ÅB
Men Israels høvdinger og kongen ydmyket seg og sa: Herren er rettferdig.
OTB
Derfor ydmyket lederne i Israel og kongen seg og erklærte: «Herren er rettferdig.»
B1930
Men Israels høvdinger og kongen ydmyket sig og sa: Herren er rettferdig.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 9:27

    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

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  • Daniel 9:14

    Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

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  • James 4:10

    Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

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  • Jeremiah 13:18

    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:19

    His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.

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  • 1 Kings 8:37–39

    When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

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  • Romans 10:3

    Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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  • Psalms 129:4

    The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

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