2 Chronicles 13:7

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Summary

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.

Vain men

The children of belial

Deuteronomy 13:13

1 Kings 21:10

Could not

2 Chronicles 11:1

Bible References

Vain men

And they gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and unstable fellows who followed him.

Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob. And vain fellows were gathered to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

And every man who was in distress, and every man who was in debt, and every man who was discontented, gathered themselves to him, and he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.

[They are] sons of fools, yea, sons of base men. They were scourged out of the land.

I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor will I go in with dissemblers.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace.

For there are also many insubordinate men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from circumcision,

The children of belial

Certain base fellows have gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known,

And set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou cursed God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.

Could not

And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.