2Chr.11.15

2 Chronicles 11:15

KJV

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

Jeroboam Forsakes the Priests and Levites

Jeroboam Appoints False Priests

Cross References

Leviticus 17:7

KJV GOD

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.

The Place of Sacrifice

1 Kings 12:31

KJV

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.

Jeroboam’s Idolatry

1 Kings 13:33

KJV

¶ 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 of the high places.

The Old Prophet and the Man of God

1 Kings 14:9

KJV GOD

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:

Ahijah’s Prophecy against Jeroboam

2 Chronicles 13:8

KJV

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.

Civil War against Jeroboam

Civil War

2 Chronicles 13:9

KJV

Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.