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"So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the LORDthrough the sons of David, being a greatmultitude and having with you 1the goldencalveswhichJeroboammade for gods for you.
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"Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master,
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and worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels , who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and timid and could not hold his own against them.
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"So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the LORD through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you.
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"Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD , the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what are no gods.
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"But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the LORD as priests, and the Levites attend to their work.