2 Chronicles 12:8
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
Neuerthelesse they shalbe his seruants, that they may know my seruice, and the seruice of the kingdomes of the countreys.
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- Deuteronomy 28:47–48Rank 1 from verse 8
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.
47Because thou seruedst not the LORD thy God with ioyfulnesse, and with gladnesse of heart, for the aboundance of all things.
48Therefore shalt thou serue thine enemies, which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakednesse, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron vpon thy necke, vntill he haue destroyed thee.
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- Nehemiah 9:36Rank 6 from verse 8
36Behold, 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:
36Behold, we are seruants this day; and for the land that thou gauest vnto our fathers, to eat the fruit thereof, and the good thereof, behold, wee are seruants in it.
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2 Chronicles 12:8
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nevertheless
Yet; however; notwithstanding what has just been stated.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Work, duty, ministry, worship, attendance, military obligation, or servitude performed for another.
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Sense 1: Realms, nations, or dominions ruled by kings. Sense 2: The exercise of royal rule.
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12:5¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
12:5¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the Princes of Iudah that were gathered together to Ierusalem because of Shishak, and said vnto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye haue forsaken me, and therfore haue I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
12:6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.
12:6Whereupon, the Princes of Israel, and the king humbled themselues and they saide, The LORD is righteous.
12:7And 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.
12:7And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselues, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They haue humbled themselues, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them ‖some deliuerance, and my wrath shall not bee powred out vpon Ierusalem, by the hand of Shishak.
12:8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
12:8Neuerthelesse they shalbe his seruants, that they may know my seruice, and the seruice of the kingdomes of the countreys.
Selected passage12:9So 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.
12:9So Shishak king of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the kings house, hee tooke all: he caried away also the shields of gold, which Solomon had *made.
12:10Instead 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.
12:10In stead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brasse, and committed them to the hands of the chiefe of the guard, that kept the entrance of the Kings house.
12:11And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12:11And when the king entred into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fet them, and brought them againe into the guard-chamber.
12:12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
12:12And when he humbled himselfe, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that hee would not destroy him altogether: ‖and also in Iudah things went well.