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2 Chronicles 12:8

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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.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 12:6

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

  2. 2 Chronicles 12:7

    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 upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

  3. 2 Chronicles 12:9

    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.

  4. 2 Chronicles 12:10

    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.

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