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2 Chronicles 13:8-10
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8 Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord’s rule through the Davidic dynasty.[a] You have a huge army,[b] and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. 9 But you banished[c] the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods![d] 10 But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests, and the Levites assist them with the work.[e]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 13:8 tn Heb “the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:8 tn Or “horde”; or “multitude.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 13:9 tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 13:9 tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull, a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 13:10 tn Heb “and priests serving the Lord [are] the sons of Aaron and the Levites in the work.”
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