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2 Chronicles 12:8–9

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Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
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.
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From verse 8

  1. Deuteronomy 28:47–48Rank 1 from verse 8
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    47Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

    48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

  2. Isaiah 26:13Rank 2 from verse 8
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    13O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

  3. Hosea 8:10Rank 3 from verse 8
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    10Yea, 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.

  4. Jeremiah 10:24Rank 4 from verse 8
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    24O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

  5. Judges 3:1Rank 5 from verse 8
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    1NOW 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;

From verse 9

  1. 1 Kings 10:16–17Rank 1 from verse 9
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    16¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

    17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  2. 2 Chronicles 9:15–16Rank 2 from verse 9
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    15¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

    16And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  3. 1 Kings 14:25–28Rank 3 from verse 9
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    25¶ And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

    26And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

    27And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.

    28And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  4. 2 Kings 16:8Rank 4 from verse 9
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    8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

  5. 1 Kings 15:18Rank 5 from verse 9
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    18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

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2 Chronicles 12:8

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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service

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Work, duty, ministry, worship, attendance, military obligation, or servitude performed for another.

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kingdoms

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Sense 1: Realms, nations, or dominions ruled by kings. Sense 2: The exercise of royal rule.

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2 Chronicles 12:9

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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carried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of carry (to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another).

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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7And 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.

8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

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9So 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.

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10Instead 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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