The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 12:8 Explained

2 Chronicles 12:8

KJV: Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

YLT: but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'

Darby: Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

ASV: Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Nevertheless they shall be his servants;  that they may know  my service,  and the service  of the kingdoms  of the countries. 

What does 2 Chronicles 12:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 12

1  Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak
5  He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah,
7  are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil
13  The reign and death of Rehoboam

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 12:8 mean?

Nevertheless they will be to his servants that they may distinguish My service and from the service of the kingdoms of the nations -
כִּ֥י יִהְיוּ־ ל֖וֹ לַעֲבָדִ֑ים וְיֵדְעוּ֙ עֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔י וַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת מַמְלְכ֥וֹת הָאֲרָצֽוֹת ס

כִּ֥י  Nevertheless 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יִהְיוּ־  they  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לַעֲבָדִ֑ים  his  servants 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
וְיֵדְעוּ֙  that  they  may  distinguish 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
עֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔י  My  service 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
וַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת  and  from  the  service 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
מַמְלְכ֥וֹת  of  the  kingdoms 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מַמְלָכָה  
Sense: kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty.
הָאֲרָצֽוֹת  of  the  nations 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation