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2 Chronicles 11:15

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτῷ ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ τοῖς εἰδώλοις καὶ τοῖς ματαίοις καὶ τοῖς μόσχοις, ἃ ἐποίησεν Ἰεροβοάμ·

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּֽעֲמֶד ל/וֹ֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים לַ/בָּמ֖וֹת וְ/לַ/שְּׂעִירִ֑ים וְ/לָ/עֲגָלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
עֵ֖גֶל
'gl
noun · 34×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
שְׂעִיר
sh'yr
noun · 59×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:20 — 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.
  • 1Kgs 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 Egyp
  • 1Kgs 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 Egyp
  • 1Kgs 12:31 — 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.
  • 1Kgs 13:33 — After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests o
  • 1Kgs 13:33 — After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests o
  • 1Kgs 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:
  • 2Chr 13:8 — And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
  • Deut 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.
  • Exod 32:4 — 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
  • Hos 10:5 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is d
  • Lev 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.