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</div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />when he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat and calf idols he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the pagan shrines, where they worshiped the goat and calf idols he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for the calves that he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he set up priests of his own for the high places, for the goat demons and for the calves which he had made—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, for the satyrs (goat demons) and calves (idols) which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Instead, Jeroboam appointed [his own] priests for the illegal worship sites and the goat and calf statues he had made as idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jeroboam had appointed his own priests to serve at the high places and to serve the satyrs and calves that he had made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will set up to him priests for the heights, for the wood-demons, and for the calves which he made.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he appointed for himself priests of high places, and of demons, and of calves that he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In their place, he himself appointed priests for the high places as well as for the satyrs and calves he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and had appointed his own priests for the high places, and for the goat-demons, and for the calves that he had made.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Go, 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=2682" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/11.htm">Jeroboam Forsakes the Priests and Levites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>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. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: way·ya·‘ă·meḏ- (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">And Jeroboam appointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">his own</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hă·nîm (N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: lab·bā·mō·wṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fp) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">for the high places</a> <a href="/hebrew/8163.htm" title="8163: wə·laś·śə·‘î·rîm (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun. Or sabir; from sa'ar; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun.">and for the goat demons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5695.htm" title="5695: wə·lā·‘ă·ḡā·lîm (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- A calf. From the same as agol; a calf, especially one nearly grown.">and calf idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">he had made.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31-32</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33-34</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">1 Kings 14:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a></span><br />They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-15.htm">1 Kings 14:15-16</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">2 Kings 17:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Exodus 32:4-5</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a></span><br />They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Hosea 8:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-9.htm">Amos 7:9</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-19.htm">Psalm 106:19-20</a></span><br />At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a></b></br> They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new <i>gods that</i> came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20,21</a></b></br> But <i>I say</i>, 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… </p><p class="hdg">for the calves</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Exodus 32:4-8,31</a></b></br> And he received <i>them</i> at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These <i>be</i> thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28</a></b></br> Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <i>of</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">1 Kings 14:9</a></b></br> 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:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/10-12.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-13.htm">Calf</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Devils</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-17.htm">Establisheth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-20.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-5.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-21.htm">High</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-26.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-10.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">Male</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-7.htm">Ordained</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-5.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-13.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-14.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Satyrs</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/11-22.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm">Calf</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Devils</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">Establisheth</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-31.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-15.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-11.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-8.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-3.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-11.htm">Male</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-7.htm">Ordained</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-10.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-9.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Satyrs</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-1.htm">Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-5.htm">He strengthens his kingdom with forts and provisions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-13.htm">The priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm">strengthen the kingdom of Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-18.htm">The wives and children of Rehoboam</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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By appointing his own priests, he directly violated the Levitical priesthood established by God through Moses (<a href="/numbers/3-10.htm">Numbers 3:10</a>). This act was a political move to consolidate his power and prevent the people from returning to Jerusalem to worship, which could have led to a reunification under Rehoboam, king of Judah. Jeroboam's actions reflect a disregard for the divine order and a prioritization of political expediency over spiritual fidelity.<p><b>for the high places</b><br>High places were elevated sites often used for worship in ancient Israel and surrounding regions. While some high places were initially used for the worship of Yahweh, they became associated with idolatry and pagan practices over time (<a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">1 Kings 3:2-3</a>). Jeroboam's establishment of high places was a direct challenge to the centralization of worship in Jerusalem, as prescribed in <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-14</a>. This decentralization led to syncretism and the dilution of pure worship, contributing to the spiritual decline of the northern kingdom.<p><b>and for the goat demons</b><br>The reference to goat demons, or "se'irim" in Hebrew, indicates the worship of demonic entities associated with the wilderness and desolation (<a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a>). This practice was likely influenced by surrounding pagan cultures, such as the Egyptians and Canaanites, who worshipped similar entities. The worship of goat demons represents a departure from monotheism and a return to the animistic and polytheistic practices that God had explicitly forbidden (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a>). This idolatry was a spiritual corruption that led the people away from the covenant relationship with Yahweh.<p><b>and calf idols he had made</b><br>Jeroboam's creation of calf idols was a deliberate act of idolatry, reminiscent of the golden calf made by Aaron in <a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32</a>. These idols were likely intended to represent Yahweh in a tangible form, but they violated the commandment against making graven images (<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4-5</a>). The calves were placed in Bethel and Dan, strategically located at the southern and northern ends of his kingdom, to provide convenient worship sites and discourage pilgrimages to Jerusalem. This act of idolatry set a precedent for future kings of Israel and was a significant factor in the eventual downfall of the northern kingdom (<a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">2 Kings 17:21-23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rehoboam.htm">Rehoboam</a></b><br>The son of Solomon and king of Judah, who is central to the events of this chapter. His actions and decisions are pivotal in the religious and political landscape of the time.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeroboam.htm">Jeroboam</a></b><br>The first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, who led the ten tribes in rebellion against Rehoboam. His establishment of alternative worship centers is a key event in this context.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_places.htm">High Places</a></b><br>These were unauthorized worship sites often associated with idolatry and pagan practices, contrary to the worship of Yahweh in Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/goat_demons_and_calf_idols.htm">Goat Demons and Calf Idols</a></b><br>These represent the idolatrous practices that were introduced, which were in direct violation of the commandments given to Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites_and_priests.htm">Levites and Priests</a></b><br>The legitimate religious leaders who were displaced by Rehoboam's appointment of his own priests, highlighting a significant religious shift.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual decay and separation from God. Believers must guard against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_true_worship.htm">The Importance of True Worship</a></b><br>Worship should be directed to God alone, in spirit and truth, as Jesus taught. This requires discernment and adherence to biblical principles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>Leaders have a profound impact on the spiritual direction of their people. Godly leadership should prioritize faithfulness to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God's commands leads to negative consequences, both spiritually and communally. Repentance and return to God are essential.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preserving_the_faith.htm">Preserving the Faith</a></b><br>Like the Levites who remained faithful, believers are called to preserve the faith and resist cultural pressures that lead away from biblical truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_claim_levite_migration_to_judah.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 11:13–17 claim a Levite migration to Judah when there is minimal historical or archaeological support for such a major priestly exodus? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_2_chronicles_23_16-21_reforms_credible.htm">Are the religious reforms in 2 Chronicles 23:16-21 historically credible, or do they reflect an idealized narrative from a later period?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chron._23_1-7_and_2_kings_11_differ.htm">Why do the details in 2 Chronicles 23:1-7 differ from the parallel account in 2 Kings 11, suggesting possible biblical inconsistencies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_abijah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was King Abijah in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">And he ordained.</span>--<span class= "ital">And had appointed</span> (<a href="/context/1_chronicles/15-16.htm" title="And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.">1Chronicles 15:16-17</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm" title="And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God.">1Chronicles 22:2</a>).<p><span class= "bld">For the high places.</span>--<span class= "ital">Bamoth.</span> (See Note on <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm" title="And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.">1Kings 12:31</a> <span class= "ital">seqq.</span>) Such local sanctuaries existed not only at Dan and Bethel, but also in other cities of the northern kingdom. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm" title="And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.">2Kings 17:9</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">And for the devils.</span>--<span class= "ital">S?'irim,</span> "satyrs" (<a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm" title="But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.">Isaiah 13:21</a>). Literally, <span class= "ital">goats.</span> (See Note on <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm" title="And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.">Leviticus 17:7</a>.) The phrase indicates a prevalence of debasing idolatry in the time of Jeroboam. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The high places</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> Dan and Bethel (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-33</a>). <span class="cmt_word">For</span> <span class="cmt_word">the devils</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> for the "hairy ones" (<span class="hebrew">שְׂעִירִים</span>). 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 (<a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a>). For the calves (see <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And Jeroboam appointed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·meḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his own</span><br /><span class="heb">לוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">priests</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(kō·hă·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the high places</span><br /><span class="heb">לַבָּמ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lab·bā·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and for the goat-demons</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·laś·śə·‘î·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8163.htm">Strong's 8163: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and calf idols</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלָעֲגָלִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lā·‘ă·ḡā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5695.htm">Strong's 5695: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, calf, one nearly grown</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had made.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָֽׂה׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 11:15 And he appointed him priests (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 11:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 11:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 11:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 11:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>