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2 Chronicles 11:15

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Chronicles 11:15

Verse 15 of 23

Scripture focus

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

2 Chronicles 11:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 11:15

Theological / Devotional

Ordained him priests. By the appointment of priests of his own, Jeroboam cut off the Levites from their services in connection with the worship of Jehovah and struck a direct blow at the Levitical order and all that it stood for in helping to maintain the worship of God (see PK 101).

High places. Dan and Bethel were the two chief centers of worship in the northern kingdom (1 Kings 12:29-31), but there were also high places throughout the land where the rites of the new religion were carried on (see 1 Kings 13:32).

For the devils. God regards the base forms of idol worship as the worship of demons (see Deut. 32:17; Ps. 106:37, 38; 1 Cor. 10:20). Jeroboam’s religious policy opened the way for corrupt forms of idolatry to be introduced into Israel which debased the people and led them even further away from God.

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