Parallel Verses

Amplified

Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, for the satyrs (goat demons) and calves (idols) which he had made.

New American Standard Bible

He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made.

International Standard Version

Jeroboam had appointed his own priests to serve at the high places and to serve the satyrs and calves that he had made.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And he will set up to him priests for the heights, for the wood-demons, and for the calves which he made.

King James 2000

And he ordained himself priests for the high places, and for the goat idols, and for the calf idols which he had made.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for the bull calves that he had made.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he ordained him priests of hill altars - both to field devils and also to the calves which he had made.

NET Bible

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.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

and appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for the demons - and for the calves which he had made.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he ordained
עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

בּמה 
Bamah 
Usage: 103

and for the devils
שׂער שׂעיר 
Sa`iyr 
Usage: 59

and for the calves
עגל 
`egel 
Usage: 35

References

Context Readings

The Priests And Levites Come To Jerusalem

14 For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the Lord. 15 Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, for the satyrs (goat demons) and calves (idols) which he had made. 16 Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.


Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

So the king took counsel [and followed bad advice] and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “It is too much for you to go [all the way] up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:31

And Jeroboam also made houses on high places, and he made priests from all people who were not of the sons (descendants) of Levi.

1 Kings 13:33

After this event, Jeroboam [still] did not turn from his evil way, but again made priests for the high places from among all the people. He ordained anyone who was willing, so that there would be priests for the high places.

Exodus 32:4-8

And he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 32:31

So Moses returned to the Lord, and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin [against You], and have made themselves a god of gold.

Deuteronomy 32:17


“They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers never feared.

1 Kings 14:9

but have done more evil than all [the kings] who were before you; for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back—

Psalm 106:19-20


They made a calf in Horeb (Sinai)
And worshiped a cast image.

Hosea 8:5-6


He has rejected your [pagan] calf, O Samaria, saying,
“My wrath burns against them.”
How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Hosea 13:2


And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves molten images,
Idols skillfully made from their silver [as it pleased them],
All of them the work of the craftsmen.
They say of these [very works of their hands], “Let those who sacrifice kiss and show respect to the calves [as if they were living gods]!”

1 Corinthians 10:20-21

On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples].

1 Timothy 4:1

But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons,

Revelation 16:14

for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

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