kjv 2Chronicles:13:4-12 SEEK
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And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim ,
which is in mount Ephraim ,
and said ,
Hear me ,
thou Jeroboam ,
and all Israel ;
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Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever ,
even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt ?
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Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
the servant of Solomon the son of David ,
is risen up ,
and hath rebelled against his lord .
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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 .
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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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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 .
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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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And 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 .
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And ,
behold ,
God himself is with us for our captain ,
and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you .
O children of Israel ,
fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers ;
for ye shall not prosper .