2 Chronicles 13:10 BSB

2 Chronicles 13:10

But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have priests ministering unto Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Abijah stood up upon Mount Zemaraim--He had entered the enemy's territory and was encamped on an eminence near Beth-el (Jos 18:22). Jeroboam's army lay at the foot of the hill, and as a pitched battle was expected, Abijah, according to the singular usage of ancient times, harangued the enemy.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲנַ֛חְנוּ	va.'a.Nach.nu	and we	H587 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	[is] God our	H430 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
עֲזַבְנֻ֑הוּ	'a.zav.Nu.hu	we have forsaken him	H5800 →
וְכֹ֨הֲנִ֜ים	ve.Kho.ha.Nim	and [we are] priests	H3548 →
מְשָׁרְתִ֤ים	me.sha.re.Tim	serving	H8334 →
לַֽיהוָה֙	la.Yah.weh	<to> Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
אַהֲרֹ֔ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם	ve.hal.vi.Yim	and the Levites	H3881 →
בַּמְלָֽאכֶת׃	bam.La.khet	[are] in the work	H4399 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 16:40
just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the…
leads to
- Numbers 3:10
  So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
- Numbers 18:4–7
  They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16–21
  But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar…
- Numbers 1:51
  Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must…
- 1 Kings 13:1–3
  Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.