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


In Context

5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, |Thus says Yahweh, 'You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.'|

6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, |Yahweh is righteous.|

7 When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, |They have humbled themselves. 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 Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

10 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door 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 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.'

The American 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.