II Chronicles · Chapter 13 King James Version

II Chronicles 13:9

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The Scripture

(9) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Abijah of Judah confronted Jeroboam and Israel in battle, delivering a speech reminding them that the kingdom belonged to the house of David and rebuking their golden calf worship. Though surrounded, Judah cried out to the LORD and won a great victory, striking down five hundred thousand of Israel's chosen men, and Jeroboam never recovered his strength during Abijah's days.

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