2 Chronicles 13:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The kingdom

Luke 19:14

A great multitude

2 Chronicles 14:9

2 Chronicles 20:6

Psalm 33:16

With you golden

Bible References

The kingdom

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the LORD your God! Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness."

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

"Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,"

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'

A great multitude

Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.

and said, "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

With you golden

and he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for the calves that he had made.

So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and metal images, provoking me to anger, and have cast me behind your back,

I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?