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2 Chronicles 11:15

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

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ASV

and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which 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.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־vai.ya.'a.med-and he appointedH5975 →
לוֹ֙lofor himself
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםko.ha.NimpriestsH3548 →
לַבָּמ֖וֹתla.ba.Motfor the high placesH1116 →
וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑יםve.la.se.'i.Rimand for the goatsH8163 →
וְלָעֲגָלִ֖יםve.la.'a.ga.Limand for the calvesH5695 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשָֽׂה׃'a.Sahhe had madeH6213 →

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Leviticus 17:7They 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.’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.”2 Chronicles 13:8And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.1 Corinthians 10:20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.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 32:4He 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!”Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.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.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,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.Hosea 8:5–6He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?Psalms 106:19–20At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.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!”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!”Psalms 106:37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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