Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version when he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat and calf idols he had made. New Living Translation Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the pagan shrines, where they worshiped the goat and calf idols he had made. English Standard Version and he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for the calves that he had made. Berean Standard Bible And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made. King James Bible And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. New King James Version Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made. New American Standard Bible He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and the calves which he had made. NASB 1995 He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made. NASB 1977 And he set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made. Legacy Standard Bible And he set up priests of his own for the high places, for the goat demons and for the calves which he had made— Amplified Bible Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, for the satyrs (goat demons) and calves (idols) which he had made. Christian Standard Bible Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made. Holman Christian Standard Bible Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made. American Standard Version and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made. Contemporary English Version Jeroboam chose his own priests to serve at the local shrines in Israel and at the places of worship where he had set up statues of goat-demons and of calves. English Revised Version and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made. GOD'S WORD® Translation Instead, Jeroboam appointed [his own] priests for the illegal worship sites and the goat and calf statues he had made as idols. Good News Translation Jeroboam appointed priests of his own to serve at the pagan places of worship and to worship demons and the idols he made in the form of bull-calves. International Standard Version Jeroboam had appointed his own priests to serve at the high places and to serve the satyrs and calves that he had made. Majority Standard Bible And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made. NET Bible Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made. New Heart English Bible and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made. Webster's Bible Translation And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. World English Bible He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made. Young's Literal Translation and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made -- Smith's Literal Translation And he will set up to him priests for the heights, for the wood-demons, and for the calves which he made. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. Catholic Public Domain Version And he appointed for himself priests of high places, and of demons, and of calves that he had made. New American Bible In their place, he himself appointed priests for the high places as well as for the satyrs and calves he had made. New Revised Standard Version and had appointed his own priests for the high places, and for the goat-demons, and for the calves that he had made. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleGo, tell Jeroboam, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: I have exalted you from among the people and made you king over my people Israel, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Go say to Yorbaam: ‘Thus says THE LORD of LORDS of Israel: I exalted you from the people and I have set you King over my people Israel. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeroboam Forsakes the Priests and Levites…14For 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. 15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made. 16Those 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.… Cross References 1 Kings 12:31-32 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites. / And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up. 1 Kings 13:33-34 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. / And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth. 1 Kings 14:9 You 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. 1 Kings 14:23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 1 Kings 14:15-16 For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger. / So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.” 2 Kings 17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. 2 Kings 17:21 When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. Exodus 32:4-5 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!” / When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” Leviticus 17:7 They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’ 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. Judges 2:17 Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done. Hosea 8:4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. Hosea 13:2 Now 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!” Amos 7:9 The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.” Psalm 106:19-20 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. Treasury of Scripture And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 1 Corinthians 10:20,21 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils… for the calves Exodus 32:4-8,31 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt… 1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 1 Kings 14:9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: Jump to Previous Appointed Calf Calves Devils Establisheth Goat Goats He-Goats High Idols Images Male Ordained Oxen Places Priests SatyrsJump to Next Appointed Calf Calves Devils Establisheth Goat Goats He-Goats High Idols Images Male Ordained Oxen Places Priests Satyrs2 Chronicles 11 1. Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah5. He strengthens his kingdom with forts and provisions 13. The priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam, 17. strengthen the kingdom of Judah 18. The wives and children of Rehoboam And Jeroboam appointed Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the division, took significant steps to establish his rule. The Hebrew root for "appointed" is "וַיַּעֲמֵד" (vaya'amed), which implies setting up or establishing something with authority. This action reflects Jeroboam's deliberate move to consolidate power and create a religious system independent of Jerusalem, which was the center of worship for the united kingdom under David and Solomon. His appointment of priests was a direct challenge to the Levitical priesthood ordained by God, indicating a departure from divine instructions. his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made For the high places.--Bamoth. (See Note on 1Kings 12:31 seqq.) Such local sanctuaries existed not only at Dan and Bethel, but also in other cities of the northern kingdom. (Comp. 2Kings 17:9.) And for the devils.--S?'irim, "satyrs" (Isaiah 13:21). Literally, goats. (See Note on Leviticus 17:7.) The phrase indicates a prevalence of debasing idolatry in the time of Jeroboam. . . . Verse 15. - The high places; i.e. Dan and Bethel (1 Kings 12:28-33). For the devils; i.e. for the "hairy ones" (שְׂעִירִים). Reference is intended to the idolatrous wore ship of the "he-goats" by the Hebrews, after the example of Egypt, and the reference here is either literal or derived (Leviticus 17:7). For the calves (see 1 Kings 12:28).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And Jeroboam appointedוַיַּֽעֲמֶד־ (way·ya·‘ă·meḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations his own לוֹ֙ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew priests כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים (kō·hă·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest for the high places לַבָּמ֖וֹת (lab·bā·mō·wṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1116: An elevation and for the goat-demons וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים (wə·laś·śə·‘î·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8163: Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun and calf idols וְלָעֲגָלִ֖ים (wə·lā·‘ă·ḡā·lîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5695: A, calf, one nearly grown he had made. עָשָֽׂה׃ (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make Links 2 Chronicles 11:15 NIV2 Chronicles 11:15 NLT 2 Chronicles 11:15 ESV 2 Chronicles 11:15 NASB 2 Chronicles 11:15 KJV 2 Chronicles 11:15 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 11:15 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 11:15 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 11:15 French Bible 2 Chronicles 11:15 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 11:15 And he appointed him priests (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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