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2 Chronicles 26:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But when he became strong, he grew arrogant,  and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.

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However, because his heart was proud,  Hezekiah didn’t respond according to the benefit that had come to him. So there was wrath on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.


Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.


You have said, “Look, I  have defeated Edom,” and you have become overconfident  , that you will get glory. Now stay at home. Why stir up such trouble so that you fall and Judah with you? ’


Look, his ego is inflated; he is without integrity. But the righteous one will live by his faith.  ,


You may say to yourself, “My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,”


be careful that your heart doesn’t become proud and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.


Let no one condemn  you  by delighting in ascetic practices  and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such a person is inflated  by empty notions of his unspiritual  mind.


You have indeed defeated Edom, and you have become overconfident.  , Enjoy your glory and stay at home. Why should you stir up such trouble that you fall #– #you and Judah with you? ’


He offered sacrifices on  the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own.  He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.


Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.


Each man took his firepan, placed fire in it, put incense on it, and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting along with Moses and Aaron.


place fire in them and put incense on them before the Lord.  Then the man the Lord chooses will be the one who is set apart.  It is you Levites who have gone too far! ’


Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi,  with Dathan and Abiram,  sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took


A man of God  came, however, from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense.


He made skilfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was wondrously helped until he became strong.


He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he didn’t enter the Lord’s sanctuary,  but the people still behaved corruptly.


Then the male goat acted even more arrogantly,  but when he became powerful, the large horn was broken.  Four conspicuous horns came up in its place, pointing towards the four winds of heaven.


The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they have been making about you.’


The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death.  He lived in quarantine,  , while Jotham,  the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land.


When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power,  he abandoned the law of the Lord  #– #he and all Israel with him.


When the army is carried off, he will become arrogant and cause tens of thousands to fall, but he will not triumph.





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