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2 Chronicles 11:15

Sin

13 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

16 Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

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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.
DARBY
and he ordained for himself priests for the high places, and for the he-goats and for the calves that he had made.
BLB
And he appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for the goat demons, and for the calf idols that he had made.
ÅB
og han satte andre folk til prester for offerhaugene og for bukkene[^2] og for de kalver han hadde gjort.
OTB
Han utnevnte for seg selv prester for offerhaugene, for bukkedemonene og for kalvene som han hadde laget.
B1930
og han satte andre folk til prester for offerhaugene og for bukkene og for de kalver han hadde gjort. / < 3MO 17, 7.>

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 12:28

    After 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.”

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  • 1 Kings 13:33

    Even 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:17

    They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.

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  • 1 Kings 12:31

    Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

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  • Exodus 32:4–8

    He 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!”

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  • Psalms 106:19–20

    At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

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  • 1 Timothy 4:1

    Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

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  • Hosea 8:5–6

    He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

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