2 CHRONICLES 12:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.”
'Nevertheless, they shall be servants to him, that they may know the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of the countries' — Yet Rehoboam's kingdom would become Egyptian vassals (וְהָיוּ לְשִׁישַׁק עֲבָדִים), forced to serve Egypt. The servitude itself became instructive: they would experience the difference between serving YHWH and serving foreign powers (וְיָדְעוּ...בֵּין עַבְדוּתִי וּבְעַבְדוּת מַלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ). Exile to foreign service becomes a lesson in covenant-value.
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