2 Chronicles 11:15
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
Cross-reference
In 2 Chronicles 13:9, Abijah details how Jeroboam drove out the Levitical priests and appointed non-Levites — the exact practice described here.
In 2 Chronicles 13:8, Abijah confronts Jeroboam's kingdom, calling out the golden calves and illegitimate priests that Jeroboam established here.
Exodus 32:31 recalls Moses interceding after the golden calf — the same calf idolatry Jeroboam revived here.
In 1 Corinthians 10:20, Paul explicitly connects pagan sacrifices to demons — the same spiritual reality behind Jeroboam's idolatrous priests here.
Hosea 13:2 condemns kissing calves — a direct reference to the calf worship Jeroboam started.
Hosea 8:6 declares the calf of Samaria is man-made — echoing the calves Jeroboam made here.
Hosea 8:5 pronounces judgment on Samaria's calf — the same calf worship Jeroboam instituted.
Psalm 106:20 describes exchanging glory for an ox image — mirroring the idolatry of Jeroboam's calves.
Psalm 106:19 recounts Israel making a calf at Horeb — a parallel to Jeroboam's calf idolatry.
1 Kings 14:9 condemns Jeroboam for making other gods and molten images — the same sin described here.
1 Kings 12:28 records Jeroboam making the two golden calves — the direct source for the calves mentioned here.
In Deuteronomy 32:17, Israel's idolatry is described as sacrificing to demons — the same pattern Jeroboam's priests replicate here.
In Leviticus 17:7, this same prohibition against sacrificing to goat-demons is given — Jeroboam's priests directly violate it.
In Exodus 32:4-8, Aaron makes the golden calf — the same idolatry pattern Jeroboam's calf cult at Dan and Bethel continues here.
In 2 Kings 17:21, Jeroboam's sin of making golden calves is cited as the root cause of Israel's later exile — the same sin noted here.
In 1 Kings 13:33, Jeroboam appoints priests from all the people, not Levites — the same illegitimate priesthood system referenced here.
1 Kings 12:31 describes Jeroboam building high places and appointing priests — the same actions summarized here.
In Psalm 106:37, Israel sacrifices to demons — the same demonic idolatry condemned here, where Jeroboam's priests serve goat-demons.
In Hosea 10:5, the golden calves of Beth-aven are mourned by Samaria — the same calf worship Jeroboam instituted here.
In 2 Kings 17:27, the Assyrian king sends back a priest to teach the new settlers about God — a later consequence of the idolatry Jeroboam started here.
In 1 Corinthians 10:21, Paul warns you cannot share both the Lord's table and the table of demons — Jeroboam's priests chose the latter here.
In 1 Timothy 4:1, Paul predicts later times when some will follow deceiving spirits — Jeroboam's priests here are an early example of that apostasy.