2 Chronicles 11:15

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

Literal

And he appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for the goat demons, and for the calf idols that he had made.

Latin

Qui constituit sibi sacerdotes excelsorum, et dæmoniorum, vitulorumque quos fecerat.

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English

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

Notes

2 Chronicles 11:15

Some scholars think Jeroboam set up goat and calf idols as platforms for the Lord. They note that the Canaanites believed their gods stood on animals (compare Exodus 32:5, where the gold calf was used in “a feast to the LORD”). However, Jeroboam never specifically credited the Lord with rescuing Israel (1 Kings 12:28), so others believe he might have meant other gods stood on the animals. Still others think Jeroboam might have copied the Egyptians, who showed pagan deities in animal form (compare Exodus 32:4).

2 Chronicles 11:13–17

Jeroboam's rebellion in the north (see 1 Kings 12:26–33) caused those who truly wanted to worship the Lord to move south. Rehoboam followed the Lord faithfully for three years, but he became unfaithful in the fourth year of his reign (2 Chronicles 12:1). God then quickly punished Rehoboam by sending Shishak to invade from Egypt (2 Chronicles 12:2–5).

2 Chronicles 11:5–23

The Lord blessed Rehoboam through his building projects, the movement of loyal priests from the north to the south, the migration of faithful people from the north to Jerusalem, and his large family.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam I Rehoboam Apostasy and Renewal

Related verses

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.”
1 Kings 12:31
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
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.
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.
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,
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!”
Hosea 8:5–6
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
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.
Psalm 106:19–20
At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
Exodus 32:31
So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
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!”
Revelation 16:14
These 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.

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Golden Calf

Topics

Calves of Jeroboam: Priests Appointed For Demons: Worship of Levites: Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam Rehoboam: Builds Fortified Cities; is Temporarily Prosperous Religion: National: Priests Supported by the State Religion: National: Subverted by Jeroboam Rulers: Wicked: Exalting Debased Persons to the Priesthood Satyr: RV , Margin

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