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2 Chronicles 12:6

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

2 Chronicles 12:6 · Berean Standard Bible

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2 Chronicles 12:6 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

WEB World English Bible

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “The LORD is righteous.”

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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

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3 with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

5 Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

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

7 When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

8 Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

9 So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

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