'Contended' in the Bible

Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.

And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair, and adjured them by God saying, Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.