9Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes for ordination with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of what are not gods.
2 Chronicles 13 recounts the brief but decisive war between Abijah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel. Outnumbered two to one, Abijah stands on Mount Zemaraim and delivers a bold sermon to the northern tribes, accusing them of rebellion against the Lord and the Davidic
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