2 Chronicles 13:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

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  • 2 Chr 12:13 : 13 So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.
  • Judg 11:3 : 3 So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.
  • 1 Sam 22:2 : 2 And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
  • 2 Chr 10:16 : 16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
  • 2 Chr 11:1-4 : 1 And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying, 3 Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, 4 The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;
  • Job 30:8 : 8 They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
  • Ps 26:4 : 4 I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
  • Eccl 10:16 : 16 Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
  • Isa 3:4 : 4 And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

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