'Every morning and every evening they offer to the LORD burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and tend the golden lampstand. We keep the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken him — Abijah detailed the southern temple's legitimate worship: daily burnt offerings, sweet incense, showbread on the gold table, tending golden lampstands (וְהֶם מַקְטִירִים לַיהוָה כָּל־בֹּקֶר וָעֶרֶב עֹלוֹת וּקְטֹרֶת סַמִּים וּמַעֲרֶכֶת־לֶחֶם עַל־הַשֻּׁלְחָן הַטָּהוֹר). The enumeration of legitimate worship testified to southern orthodoxy. The charge: 'we keep...the charge of the LORD our God' (וְנוּ־מִשְׁמֶרֶת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ), while 'you have forsaken him' (וְאַתֶּם עֲזַבְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ).

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