2 Chronicles 13 · Verse 10

2 Chronicles 13:10

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
2 Chronicles 13:10, King James Version

2 Chronicles 13:10 in other translations

BSBBut as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.
WEB“But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests serving the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work.
ASVBut as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have priests ministering unto Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:
YLT‘As for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to Jehovah, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work,
DARBYBut as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests that serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are at their work:
BBEBut as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;
WebsterBut as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, who minister to the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

What does 2 Chronicles 13:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 13:4-12

4-12. Abijah stood up upon Mount Zemaraim--He had entered the enemy's territory and was encamped on an eminence near Beth-el (Jos 18:22). Jeroboam's army lay at the foot of the hill, and as a pitched battle was expected, Abijah, according to the singular usage of ancient times, harangued the enemy. The speakers in such circumstances, while always extolling their own merits, poured out torrents of invective and…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 The Lord is our God - We have not abandoned the Lord; and we still serve him according to his own law.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 13:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאֲנַ֛חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand weH587
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nu[is] God ourH430
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
עֲזַבְנֻ֑הוּ'a.zav.Nu.huwe have forsaken himH5800
וְכֹ֨הֲנִ֜יםve.Kho.ha.Nimand [we are] priestsH3548
מְשָׁרְתִ֤יםme.sha.re.TimservingH8334
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.weh<to> YahwehH3068
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖םve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881
בַּמְלָֽאכֶת\׃bam.La.khet[are] in the workH4399

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 13:10

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:16-17

    And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

  • Exodus 29:1-37

    And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. …

  • Numbers 16:40

    To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 18:1-7

    And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.We have not abandoned the Lord; and we still serve him according to His own law. But what Abijah urged concerning the state of religion in Judah was not strictly just; and, as spoken by him, it favoured ostentation. Abijah himself was but an indifferent character; and idolatry was evidently connived at in his days. Yet it was true, that the men of Judah had the priests, ordinances, and worship of Jehovah among them; that there were numbers of pious worshippers in the land; that theirs was the more righteous cause; that Jehovah was on their side as their Captain, while Israel fought against him; and that the presence of the priests with the sacred trumpets was a token of His presence and favour.
11:16,17; Ex 19:5,6; Zec 13:9
the priests.
Ex 29:1-37; Nu 16:40; 18:1-7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 13:9

    Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:10

    But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

  • 2 Chronicles 13:11

    And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.

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2 Chronicles 13:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas en cuanto á nosotros, Jehová es nuestro Dios, y no le hemos dejado: y los sacerdotes que ministran á Jehová son los hijos de Aarón, y los Levitas en la obra;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais pour nous, l’ Éternel est notre Dieu, et nous ne l’avons pas abandonné; et des sacrificateurs, fils d’Aaron, servent l’ Éternel, et les lévites sont à leurs fonctions;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wir aber-Jehova ist unser Gott, und wir haben ihn nicht verlassen; und Priester, Söhne Aarons, dienen Jehova, und die Leviten sind in ihrem Geschäft;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Noster autem Dominus, Deus est, quem non relinquimus, sacerdotesque ministrant Domino, de filiis Aaron, et Levitæ sunt in ordine suo: