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2 Chronicles 12:8

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.

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BSB
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
KJV
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
WEB
Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
ASV
Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
DARBY
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
BLB
Nevertheless, they will be servants to him, and they will know My service and the service of the kingdoms of the nations.
ÅB
dog skal de bli hans tjenere og få kjenne hva forskjell det er på å tjene meg og å tjene hedningelandenes konger.
OTB
Men de skal tjene ham, så de kan forstå forskjellen mellom å tjene Meg og å tjene rikene i andre land.»
B1930
dog skal de bli hans tjenere og få kjenne hvad forskjell det er på å tjene mig og å tjene hedningelandenes konger.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:47–48

    Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

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  • Isaiah 26:13

    O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

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  • Jeremiah 10:24

    O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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  • Hosea 8:10

    Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

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  • Judges 3:1

    Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

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  • Nehemiah 9:36

    Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

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