2 Chronicles 13:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

2 Chronicles 13:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Chronicles 13:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Chronicles 13:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Now you intend to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand of the sons of David. You are a great multitude, and the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods are with you.”

2 Chronicles 13:8 — World English Bible

2 Chronicles 13:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods. ”

2 Chronicles 13:8 — American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 13:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And now, ye are saying to strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David, and ye <FI>are<Fi> a numerous multitude, and with you calves of gold that Jeroboam hath made to you for gods.”

2 Chronicles 13:8 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 13:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And now ye think to shew yourselves strong against the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and ye have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you forgods. ”

2 Chronicles 13:8 — Darby Translation

2 Chronicles 13:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Now therefore ye thinke that yee be able to resist against the kingdome of the Lord, which is in the handes of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye bee a great multitude, and the golden calues are with you which Ieroboam made you for gods.”

2 Chronicles 13:8 — Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 13:8 in Context — 2 Chronicles 13

6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

7 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.

8 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.

9 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.

10 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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What Does 2 Chronicles 13:8 Mean?

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