2 Chronicles 12:8

New English Translation

Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:36

“So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things – we are slaves!

Psalm 106:42

Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority.

Isaiah 26:13

O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.

Jeremiah 10:24

Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

Hosea 8:10

Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.

Judges 3:1

These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel – he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.

Judges 3:2

He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.