2 Chronicles 13:9 · KJV
“Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of {other} lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, {the same} may be a priest of {them that are} no gods. {to consecrate...: Heb. to fill his hand}”
— 2 Chronicles 13:9
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye {be} a great multitude, and {there are} with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
But as for us, the LORD {is} our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, {are} the sons of Aaron, and the Levites {wait} upon {their} business:
2 Chronicles 13 — Context
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye {be} a great multitude, and {there are} with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
9Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of {other} lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, {the same} may be a priest of {them that are} no gods. {to consecrate...: Heb. to fill his hand}
10But as for us, the LORD {is} our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, {are} the sons of Aaron, and the Levites {wait} upon {their} business:
11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also {set they in order} upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:14-15
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed {their} gods, which {are} yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for {that which} doth not profit.
Exodus 29:35
And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all {things} which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
Hosea 8:6
For from Israel {was} it also: the workman made it; therefore it {is} not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Galatians 4:8
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
2 Kings 19:18
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they {were} no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. {cast: Heb. given}
Exodus 29:1
And this {is} the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
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