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2 Chronicles 13:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Worthless men, scoundrels, joined him and overcame Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced, and no match for them.

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Although I am the anointed king, I am weak this day, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too ruthless for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer in accordance with his evil deed.”

Next, set two scoundrels opposite him to accuse him: ‘You have cursed God and king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

Two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and the scoundrels accused him in the presence of the people, “Naboth has cursed God and king.” And they led him out of the city and stoned him to death.

When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king: “What share have we in David? We have no heritage in the son of Jesse. Everyone to your tents, Israel! Now look to your own house, David!” So all Israel went off to their tents,

King Rehoboam was firmly in power in Jerusalem and continued to rule. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city in which, out of all the tribes of Israel, the Lord chose to set his name. His mother’s name was Naamah, the Ammonite.

Irresponsible, of no account, they were driven out of the land.

I do not sit with worthless men, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.

Those who till their own land have food in plenty, but those who engage in idle pursuits lack sense.

Those who cultivate their land will have plenty of food, but those who engage in idle pursuits will have plenty of want.

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning!

I will place boys as their princes; the fickle will govern them,

But the Jews became jealous and recruited some worthless men loitering in the public square, formed a mob, and set the city in turmoil. They marched on the house of Jason, intending to bring them before the people’s assembly.

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. In respect to evil be like infants, but in your thinking be mature.

If you hear it said concerning one of the cities which the Lord, your God, gives you to dwell in,

For there are also many rebels, idle talkers and deceivers, especially the Jewish Christians.

Although you should be teachers by this time, you need to have someone teach you again the basic elements of the utterances of God. You need milk, [and] not solid food.

So Jephthah had fled from his brothers and taken up residence in the land of Tob. Worthless men had joined company with him, and went out with him on raids.

They also gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless men and outlaws as his followers.

He was joined by all those in difficulties or in debt, or embittered, and became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.




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