and certain (A)worthless scoundrels[a] gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was (B)young and irresolute[b] and could not withstand them.

“And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and have with you (C)the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods. (D)Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes (E)for ordination[c] with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of what are (F)not gods.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:7 Hebrew worthless men, sons of Belial
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:7 Hebrew soft of heart
  3. 2 Chronicles 13:9 Hebrew to fill his hand

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