2 Tawarikh 13:7-9

13:7 Lawless good-for-nothing men ¹  gathered around him and conspired ²  against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man ³  and could not resist them. 13:8 Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. ⁴  You have a huge army, ⁵  and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. 13:9 But you banished ⁶  the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods! ⁷ 

[13:7]  ¹ tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”

[13:7]  ² tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”

[13:7]  ³ tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”

[13:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.”

[13:8]  ⁵ tn Or “horde”; or “multitude.”

[13:9]  ⁶ tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”

[13:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull of a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”