Text: 2 Chronicles 11:15
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 12:28-33
Subject: Jeroboam's aberrant renegade worship (* see place network)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler reports that Jeroboam appointed priests "for the high places, for the goat-demons, and for the calves he had made" (lasse'irim vela'agalim, 2 Chr 11:15). This connects directly to 1 Kings 12:28-33, which narrates Jeroboam's construction of golden calves at Bethel and Dan with the idolatrous declaration "Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from Egypt." The Chronicler's reference to "goat-demons" (se'irim) adds a detail absent from Kings, intensifying the portrait of Jeroboam's apostasy and providing theological justification for the Levites' migration south to legitimate worship in Jerusalem.
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Text: 1 Kings 12:28-33
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 11:15
Subject: Jeroboam's rival cult and its priestly consequences
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In 1 Kings 12:28-33, Jeroboam establishes a comprehensive rival worship system: golden calves at Bethel and Dan, non-Levitical priests "from every class of people" (מִקְצוֹת הָעָם, miqtsot ha'am), an alternative feast calendar in the eighth month, and personal service at the altar. The Chronicler's response in 2 Chronicles 11:15 reports the result: Jeroboam "appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made," while the legitimate Levites abandoned their northern pasturelands and migrated to Judah. Together, the texts show how Jeroboam's political fear of losing the northern tribes led to a systematic dismantling of legitimate Yahwistic worship.
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Text: 1 Kings 12:28
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 11:15
Subject: Jeroboam's aberrant renegade worship
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In 1 Kings 12:28, Jeroboam makes two golden calves (עֶגְלֵי זָהָב, 'egley zahav), echoing Aaron's sin at Sinai (Exod 32:4), and announces, "Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt." The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 11:15 adds that Jeroboam also appointed priests for "goat demons" (שְׂעִירִים, se'irim) alongside his calf idols — a detail absent from Kings. This additional information intensifies the indictment: Jeroboam's cult was not merely a misguided worship of Yahweh via images but involved outright pagan worship, prompting the Levites to abandon the north and migrate to Judah.