2 Kings 17:32

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They feared the Lord, but they also appointed for themselves all sorts of priests for the high places, who made sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:31 : 31 Jeroboam also built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
  • 2 Kgs 17:29 : 29 But each nation made its own gods and set them up in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made—each nation in the towns where they lived.
  • 2 Kgs 23:19 : 19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger. He did to them just as he had done at Bethel.
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 I will also cut off those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the starry host, those who bow and swear by the Lord but also swear by Milcom.
  • 1 Kgs 13:31 : 31 After burying him, the prophet said to his sons, 'When I die, bury me in the same tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.'
  • 1 Kgs 13:33 : 33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not turn away from his evil way. Instead, he made priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest, he consecrated, and they became priests for the high places.

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  • 2 Kgs 17:33-36
    4 verses
    85%

    33They feared the Lord, but they also served their own gods according to the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

    34To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They neither fear the Lord nor follow the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

    35The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, 'Do not fear other gods, do not bow down to them, do not serve them, and do not sacrifice to them.'

    36But fear only the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. Worship Him and sacrifice to Him alone.

  • 1 Kgs 12:30-31
    2 verses
    79%

    30And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.

    31Jeroboam also built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.

  • 2 Kgs 17:28-31
    4 verses
    77%

    28So one of the priests who had been taken captive from Samaria came back and lived in Bethel. He taught them how they should fear the Lord.

    29But each nation made its own gods and set them up in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made—each nation in the towns where they lived.

    30The men from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, the men from Cuthah made Nergal, and the men from Hamath made Ashima.

    31The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

  • 2 Kgs 17:40-41
    2 verses
    76%

    40But they would not listen. Instead, they continued to act according to their former customs.

    41So these nations feared the Lord, but they also served their carved images. Their children and grandchildren continued to do as their fathers did, even to this day.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7-12
    6 verses
    76%

    7This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods.

    8They followed the practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, as well as the practices of the kings of Israel that they themselves had introduced.

    9The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.

    10They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every leafy tree.

    11There, on all the high places, they burned incense as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that provoked the Lord to anger.

    12They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:33
    74%

    33Even after this, Jeroboam did not turn away from his evil way. Instead, he made priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest, he consecrated, and they became priests for the high places.

  • Deut 32:17
    74%

    17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to new gods that had recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.

  • 2 Chr 11:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15Jeroboam appointed priests for the high places, for the goat idols, and for the calf idols he had made.

    16Those from all the tribes of Israel who had set their hearts on seeking the LORD, the God of Israel, followed them to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

    17They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    73%

    9Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of what are not gods.

  • 2 Chr 33:17
    73%

    17However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

  • Jonah 1:16
    72%

    16Then the men feared the Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to Him.

  • Judg 17:5
    71%

    5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and he consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.

  • Judg 2:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.

    12They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger.

    13They abandoned the LORD and worshipped Baal and the Ashtaroth.

  • Ezra 3:3
    70%

    3They set up the altar on its foundations, even though there was fear of the peoples of the surrounding lands, and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, both the morning and evening sacrifices.

  • 2 Kgs 12:3
    70%

    3Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days that Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

  • Num 25:2
    70%

    2The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

  • Hos 11:2
    70%

    2But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.

  • Deut 12:31
    69%

    31You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

  • 2 Chr 29:34
    69%

    34But because there were too few priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was completed and the priests had consecrated themselves, for the Levites were more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests.

  • Jer 17:2
    69%

    2Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles beside the green trees on the high hills.

  • Lam 4:16
    69%

    16The LORD Himself has scattered them; He will no longer watch over them. The priests are not honored, and the elders receive no favor.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    69%

    14So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Zeph 2:11
    69%

    11The Lord will be awesome to them when He destroys all the gods of the earth. People from every shore and nation will bow down to Him, each from their own place.

  • Judg 18:31
    69%

    31They kept the carved image that Micah had made throughout the time the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Deut 29:26
    69%

    26Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book.

  • 1 Kgs 14:23
    69%

    23They also built for themselves high places, sacred stones, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

  • Judg 2:17
    69%

    17Yet they did not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. They turned quickly from the way their ancestors had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments. They did not do as their ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 24:18
    69%

    18They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and started worshiping the Asherah poles and idols. As a result, God's wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt.

  • 2 Chr 7:22
    69%

    22And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them. That is why He has brought all this disaster upon them.'

  • Jer 32:34-35
    2 verses
    69%

    34They set up detestable idols in the house that bears My name and defiled it.

    35They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Hinnom’s Son to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, something I never commanded nor even considered in My heart. They committed this detestable act to make Judah sin.

  • 2 Chr 33:3
    69%

    3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, set up altars to the Baals, made Asherah poles, and worshipped all the stars of the sky and served them.