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2 Chronicles 32:13

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You've heard what my ancestors and I have done to other nations. Were the gods of those nations able to defend their land against us?

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During Pekah's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria marched into Israel. He captured the territories of Gilead and Galilee, including the towns of Ijon, Abel-Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, as well as the entire territory of Naphtali. Then he took Israelites from those regions to Assyria as prisoners.

None of those gods kept their people safe from the kings of Assyria. Do you really think your God can do any better?

The officials talked about the LORD God as if he were nothing but an ordinary god or an idol that someone had made.

I have conquered the whole world! And it was easier than taking eggs from an unguarded nest. No one even flapped a wing or made a peep.

But you, Israel's God, created all things, and you chose Israel to be your very own. Your name is the LORD All-Powerful.

That's why I say: "Praise and honor the King who rules from heaven! Everything he does is honest and fair, and he can shatter the power of those who are proud."

God did such great things for him that people of all nations and races shook with fear. Your father had the power of life or death over everyone, and he could honor or ruin anyone he chose.

But you have surely seen and heard how this man Paul is upsetting a lot of people, not only in Ephesus, but almost everywhere in Asia. He claims that the gods we humans make are not really gods at all.

Even though food is offered to idols, we know that none of the idols in this world are alive. After all, there is only one God.




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