2 Chronicles 12:8

but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 Jehovah seeth that they have been humbled, a word of Jehovah hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, 'They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;

9And Shishak king of Egypt cometh up against Jerusalem, and taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king — the whole he hath taken — and he taketh the shields of gold that Solomon had made;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:48thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.

Judges 3:2(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —

Psalms 106:42And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

Jeremiah 10:24Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.

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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