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


In Context

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 to them, Thus said the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

7 And 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 on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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

9 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.

10 Instead 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.

2 Chronicles 12:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:8They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:8But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'