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2 Chronicles 13:8

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And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

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.

This site's exposition

the golden calves that Jeroboam made

on 2 Chronicles 13:8-9

Abijah points to the golden calves and charges the north with driving out “the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites”. Barnes notes that the law set a young bull and two rams for consecration, and the extra rams were Jeroboam's addition.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), that are unable to protect and help you and will certainly cause the true and living God to oppose you. Those will be Achans, troublers of your camp." Secondly, "You have base men for your priests,

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And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Fair reasoning may do a great deal of good and prevent a good deal of mischief. How forcible are right words! Abijah had got with his army into the heart of their country; for he made this speech upon a hill in Mount Ephraim, where he might be heard by Jeroboam and the principal officers, with whom it is probable he desired to have a treaty, to which they consented.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַתָּ֣ה׀and now

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • אַתֶּ֣םyou

    ʾatemH859 →1094 times

  • אֹֽמְרִ֗ים[are] saying

    ʾomerimH559 →5305 times

  • לְהִתְחַזֵּק֙to show yourselves strong

    lehitchazekH2388 →291 times

  • לִפְנֵי֙<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • מַמְלֶ֣כֶת[the] kingdom of

    mamlekhetH4467 →117 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּיַ֖דin [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • דָוִ֑ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וְאַתֶּם֙and you

    veatemH859 →1094 times

  • הָמ֣וֹן[are] a multitude

    hamonH1995 →83 times

  • רָ֔בgreat

    ravH7227 →454 times

  • וְעִמָּכֶם֙and [are] with you

    veimakhemH5973 →1050 times

  • עֶגְלֵ֣יcalves of

    ʾegleiH5695 →

  • זָהָ֔בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֥הhe made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • לָכֶ֛םfor you

    lakhem

  • יָרָבְעָ֖םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • לֵאלֹהִֽים׃to gods

    lelohimH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”5 works2 Chronicles 11:15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.4 worksExodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”3 works2 Chronicles 20:6and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.2 worksHosea 8:5–6He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?2 worksLuke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”2 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 14:9–11Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.2 worksPsalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.2 worksLuke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’2 worksIsaiah 7:6–7‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’2 works1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.2 worksPsalms 2:1–6Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?2 worksIsaiah 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.2 works2 Chronicles 9:8Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”2 works2 Chronicles 20:12Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”2 worksHosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 19:27

    And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 21:8–9

      Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

    • Luke 19:14

      But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

    • Matthew 22:7

      The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

    • Luke 21:22

      For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

    • Numbers 16:30–35

      But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 20:6

    and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 29:11–12

      Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom,…

    • Deuteronomy 4:39

      Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

  • Through

    1 Kings 12:28

    After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 32:4

      He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of…

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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