2 Chronicles 12:8
However they shall be servants unto him, and they shall know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the [various] countries.
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Deuteronomy 28:48Therefore shalt thou serve thy enemies whom the Lord will send out against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of every thing; and they will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until they have destroyed thee.
Judges 3:2Only in order that the future generations of the children of Israel might obtain knowledge, to teach them war; but only such as before had learned nothing thereof;
Psalms 106:42And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand.
Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O Lord, but with justice; not in thy anger, 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 →