2 Chronicles 13:5-12

5Do you not know that 1the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David 2and his sons by 3a covenant of salt? 6Yet 4Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his 5master, 7and worthless men gathered to him, wicked men, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when 67he was young and timid and could not hold his own against them.

8“So now you intend to assert yourselves against the kingdom of the Lord 8through the sons of David, 9being a great multitude and having with you 10the golden calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods. 911Have 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 12to consecrate himself with a bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of things that are 13not gods. 10But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned Him; and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the Lord as priests, and the Levites 14attend to their work. 11Every morning and evening 15they 16burn to the Lord burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and 17the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we perform our duty to the Lord our God, but you have abandoned Him. 12Now behold, God is with us at our head, and 18His priests with the signal trumpets to sound the war cry against you. Sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”