2 Chronicles 12:8

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However, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands."

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  • Deut 28:47-48 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly in the time of abundance. 48 You will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and total destitution. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone we honor.
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—not in Your anger, or You will reduce me to nothing.
  • Hos 8:10 : 10 Even though they make alliances among the nations, I will now gather them, and they will soon suffer under the burden of a king and officials.
  • Judg 3:1 : 1 These are the nations that the Lord left in order to test Israel—those who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
  • Neh 9:36 : 36 Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

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  • 2 Chr 12:5-7
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    5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.'"

    6The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

    7When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: "Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them, but will grant them some deliverance. My anger will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

  • 1 Kgs 12:7
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    7They replied, "If you will serve these people today and grant their request, speaking kind words to them, they will always be your servants."

  • Isa 60:12
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    12For any nation or kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations will be utterly ruined.

  • 1 Sam 8:16-17
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    16He will take your male and female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and use them for his own work.

    17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

  • Jer 25:14
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    14For many nations and great kings will make them serve, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.

  • Jer 27:6-8
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    6Now I have handed over all these lands to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him.

    7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.

    8But any nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or place its neck under his yoke—I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.

  • 2 Chr 8:8-9
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    8their descendants who remained in the land because the Israelites had not completely destroyed them—Solomon conscripted these people for forced labor, as they remain to this day.

    9But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites slaves for his work; instead, they served as soldiers, commanders of his officers, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

  • Jer 30:8-9
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    8On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will break the yoke off your neck and tear away your bonds. Foreigners will no longer enslave you.

    9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

  • 2 Chr 12:9
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    9Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.

  • 1 Kgs 10:8
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    8How happy your people must be! How blessed your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

  • 1 Sam 8:8-9
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    8Just as they have done to me from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day—forsaking me and serving other gods—so they are also doing to you.

    9Now then, listen to them, but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will demand.'

  • 2 Chr 10:7
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    7They replied, "If you are kind to these people, please them, and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants."

  • Jer 28:14
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    14For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I have placed an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations, to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control over the beasts of the field.'

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
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    8I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

  • 1 Kgs 9:21-22
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    21their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day.

    22But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites; they were his soldiers, servants, officials, commanders, captains, and commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

  • Jer 27:11
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    11But the nation that willingly brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let dwell on its land, declares the LORD, to work it and live on it.

  • 2 Chr 13:8
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    8And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • Ps 72:11
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    11All kings will bow down to him, and all nations will serve him.

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
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    52May Your eyes be open to Your servant’s plea and to the plea of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

  • 2 Chr 12:11
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    11Whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would carry the shields, and then they would return them to the guardroom.

  • Neh 9:35-36
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    35Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying Your abundant goodness and the spacious, fertile land You gave them, they did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

    36Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

  • Hos 8:4
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    4They set up kings, but not by me; they appointed leaders, but I did not know of it. With their silver and gold, they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction.

  • Zech 2:9
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    9'And I will be a wall of fire around her,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be the glory within her.'

  • Isa 14:2
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    2Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. Then the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female servants. They will take captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

  • Neh 1:10
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    10They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand.

  • 2 Chr 12:2
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    2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem because they had been unfaithful to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 8:14
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    14He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his officials.

  • Hos 8:10
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    10Even though they make alliances among the nations, I will now gather them, and they will soon suffer under the burden of a king and officials.

  • Ezek 17:14
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    14This kingdom was made humble so that it would not exalt itself, and so that by keeping its covenant, it might stand firm.

  • 1 Chr 28:21
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    21The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the temple of God, and every willing volunteer skilled in any craft will assist you in all the work. The officials and all the people will be at your command.

  • 1 Sam 8:11-12
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    11He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will demand: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

    12He will appoint them as commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties. Some will plow his fields, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

  • 1 Kgs 20:6
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    6'About this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will take whatever you value and carry it off.'

  • Jer 12:16
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    16'And if they diligently learn the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, "As surely as the LORD lives," just as they once taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be established among my people.'

  • Deut 28:36
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    36The LORD will drive you and the king you set over yourself to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

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    14I will appoint them as caretakers of the temple to perform all its duties and all that needs to be done within it.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15
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    15So the king refused to listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word spoken by the LORD through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

  • 2 Chr 8:15
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    15They did not deviate from the king’s command concerning the priests and the Levites or any matter or the treasuries.

  • 2 Chr 9:7
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    7How blessed are your men, and how blessed are these servants who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.