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2 Chronicles 11

2 Chron. 11:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ands he ordained
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
him priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
for the high places
bamah (Hebrew #1116)
an elevation
KJV usage: height, high place, wave.
Pronounce: bam-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be high)
, and for the devils
sa`iyr (Hebrew #8163)
from 8175; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
KJV usage: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Pronounce: saw-eer'
Origin: or sabir {saw-eer'}
t, and for the calves
`egel (Hebrew #5695)
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
KJV usage: bullock, calf.
Pronounce: ay-ghel
Origin: from the same as 5696
u which he had made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
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1 Kings 12:31• 31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. (1 Kings 12:31)
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1 Kings 13:33• 33{i}After this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but{/i} he 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. (1 Kings 13:33)
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Lev. 17:7• 7And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to demons after whom they go a whoring. This shall be an everlasting statute to them for their generations. (Lev. 17:7)
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Deut. 32:17• 17{i}They sacrificed unto demons who are not God;{/i}{HR}To gods whom they knew not,{HR}To new gods that came newly up,{HR}Whom your fathers feared not. (Deut. 32:17)
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1 Cor. 10:20• 20but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons. (1 Cor. 10:20)
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1 Kings 12:28• 28Whereupon 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 Egypt. (1 Kings 12:28)
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1 Kings 14:9• 9but 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: (1 Kings 14:9)
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Hos. 13:2• 2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen; they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. (Hos. 13:2)

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Demon,
High Place,
Ordain,
Priest; Priesthood

Cross References

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for the devils.The word, {seïrim} literally signifies hairy ones, or goats: see Note on Le 17:7.
Deut. 32:17• 17{i}They sacrificed unto demons who are not God;{/i}{HR}To gods whom they knew not,{HR}To new gods that came newly up,{HR}Whom your fathers feared not. (Deut. 32:17)
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1 Cor. 10:20‑21• 20but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons.
 21Ye cannot drink [the] Lord's cup, and a cup of demons; ye cannot partake of [the] Lord's table, and of a table of demons. (1 Cor. 10:20‑21)
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1 Tim. 4:1• 1But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, (1 Tim. 4:1)
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Rev. 16:14• 14For they are spirits of demons working signs, who go forth unto the kings of the whole habitable {i}world{/i} to gather them together unto the war of [that] great day of God the Almighty. (Rev. 16:14)
for the calves.
Ex. 32:4‑8,31• 4{i}And he took them out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!{/i}
 5{i}And Aaron saw it , and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to Jehovah!{/i}
 6{i}And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport.{/i}
 7{i}Then Jehovah said to Moses, Away, go down! for thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, is acting corruptly.{/i}
 8{i}They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!{/i}
 31{i}And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Alas, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves a god of gold!{/i} (Ex. 32:4‑8,31)
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1 Kings 12:28• 28Whereupon 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 Egypt. (1 Kings 12:28)
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1 Kings 14:9• 9but 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: (1 Kings 14:9)
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Psa. 106:19‑20• 19They made a calf in Horeb{HR}And bowed down to a molten image;
 20And changed their glory{HR}For the likeness of an ox eating grass. (Psa. 106:19‑20)
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Hos. 8:5‑6• 5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to purity?
 6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. (Hos. 8:5‑6)
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Hos. 13:2• 2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen; they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. (Hos. 13:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and he ordained for himself priests for the high places, and for the he-goatsa and for the calves that he had made.

JND Translation Notes

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or "demons," "satyrs." see Lev. 17.7.

W. Kelly Translation

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and he ordained for himself priests for the high places, and for the he-goats and for the calves that he had made.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)