2 Chronicles 13:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now you and your powerful army think you can stand up to the kingdom that the LORD has given to David's descendants. The only gods you have are those gold statues of calves that Jeroboam made for you.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

Jeroboam asked for advice and then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, “Listen everyone! You won't have to go to Jerusalem to worship any more. Here are your gods who rescued you from Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:29

Then he put one of the gold calves in the town of Bethel. He put the other one in the town of Dan, and the crowd walked out in front as the calf was taken there. What Jeroboam did was a terrible sin.

1 Kings 14:9

“You have made me very angry by rejecting me and making idols out of gold. Jeroboam, you have done more evil things than any king before you.

2 Chronicles 11:15

Jeroboam chose his own priests to serve at the local shrines in Israel and at the places of worship where he had set up statues of goat-demons and of calves.

2 Chronicles 20:12

Aren't you going to punish them? We won't stand a chance when this army attacks. We don't know what to do—we are begging for your help.

2 Chronicles 20:6

and prayed: You, LORD, are the God our ancestors worshipped, and from heaven you rule every nation in the world. You are so powerful that no one can defeat you.

2 Chronicles 9:8

I praise the LORD your God. He is pleased with you and has made you king of Israel. God loves the people of this country and will never desert them, so he has given them a king who will rule fairly and honestly.

Psalm 33:16

Mighty armies alone cannot win wars for a king; great strength by itself cannot keep a soldier safe.

Luke 19:14

But the people of his country hated him, and they sent messengers to the foreign country to say, “We don't want this man to be our king.”

Luke 19:27

Now bring me the enemies who didn't want me to be their king. Kill them while I watch!”