2 Chronicles 11:16
People from all the tribes of Israel came after them, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel; they came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
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15Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the high places and the goat and calf idols he had made.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5But to the place that Yahweh your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name, that will be the place where he lives, and it is there that you will go.
Deuteronomy 12:13Pay attention to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings at every place that you see;
Joshua 22:19If the land that you possess is defiled, then you should pass over into the land where Yahweh's tabernacle stands and take for yourselves a possession among us. Only do not rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us by building an altar for yourselves other than the altar of Yahweh our God.
1 Chronicles 16:29Ascribe to Yahweh the glory his name deserves. 1 Bring an offering and come before him. 1 Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness. 1
1 Chronicles 22:19Now seek Yahweh your God with all your heart and your soul. Get up and build the holy place of Yahweh God. Then you can bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the things that belong to God into the house built for Yahweh's name.”
2 Chronicles 15:12They entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:14-23
The Priests Adhere to Rehoboam. ( b. c. 974.) 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord : 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts… Read the whole commentary →