2 Chronicles 12:8

But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And when the Lord saw that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Semeias, saying: Because they are humbled, I will not destroy them, and I will give them a little help, and my wrath shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of Sesac.

9So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:48Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck, till he consume thee.

Judges 3:2That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:

Psalms 106:42And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O Lord, but yet with judgement: and not in fury, lest thou bring me to nothing.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:2-13

Abijah's Reign over Judah. ( b. c. 970.) 1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord , and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord , 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and… Read the whole commentary →

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