Jeroboam Forsakes the Priests and Levites
2 Chronicles 11:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
- KJV
- And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
- WEB
- He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made.
- ASV
- and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.
- LSV
- and he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made.
- YLT
- and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made —
- DBY
- and he ordained for himself priests for the high places, and for the he-goats and for the calves that he had made.
- DRC
- And he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
- GNV
- And he ordeyned him Priests for the hie places, and for the deuils and for the calues which he had made.
- JPS
- and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made.
- LXXE
- And he made for himself priests of the high places, and for the idols, and for the vanities, and for the calves which Jeroboam made.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־לוֹ֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים לַבָּמ֖וֹת וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים וְלָעֲגָלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
- LXX-Br
- καὶ κατέστησεν ἑαυτῷ ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ τοῖς εἰδώλοις καὶ τοῖς ματαίοις καὶ τοῖς μόσχοις, ἃ ἐποίησεν Ἱεροβοάμ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SatyrRehoboamAholahNight-MonsterCalves of JeroboamAzazelGoatJeroboamOrdain; OrdinationCommunion with Demons; Devils
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Kings 12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
- Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
- 1 Kings 13:33Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
- 1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
- Exodus 32:4–8He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” When Aaron saw this, he…
- 1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
- Revelation 16:14These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- Exodus 32:31So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
- Hosea 8:5–6He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that…
- Hosea 13:2Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
- Psalms 106:19–20At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
- 1 Corinthians 10:20–21No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table…
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