2 Chronicles 13:8
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8 “And now you think that you can withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made as gods for you.(A)
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. He said to the people,[a] “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”(A)
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- 12.28 Gk: Heb to them
2 Chronicles 11:15
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15 and had appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat-demons and for the calves that he had made.(A)
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Luke 19:27
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27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”
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Luke 19:14
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14 But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
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Hosea 8:5-6
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5 Your calf is rejected, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?(A)
6 For it is from Israel,
an artisan made it;
it is not God.
The calf of Samaria
shall be broken to pieces.(B)
Isaiah 9:6-7
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6 For a child has been born for us,
a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders,
and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(A)
7 Great will be his authority,[a]
and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(B)
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- 9.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 7:6-7
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6 ‘Let us go up against Judah and terrify it[a] and conquer it for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel king in it’; 7 therefore thus says the Lord God:
It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.(A)
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- 7.6 Or cut it off
Psalm 33:16
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16 A king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.(A)
Psalm 2:1-6
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Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?(A)
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and his anointed, saying,(B)
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord has them in derision.(C)
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath
and terrify them in his fury, saying,(D)
6 “I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”(E)
2 Chronicles 20:12
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12 O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”(A)
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2 Chronicles 20:6
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6 and said, “O Lord, God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In your hand are power and might, so that no one is able to withstand you.(A)
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2 Chronicles 14:9-11
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Ethiopian Invasion Repulsed
9 Zerah the Cushite came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots and came as far as Mareshah.(A) 10 Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is no difference for you between helping the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let no mortal prevail against you.”(B)
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2 Chronicles 9:8
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8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God. Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”(A)
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1 Kings 14:9
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9 but you have done evil above all those who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and cast images, provoking me to anger, and have thrust me behind your back,(A)
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