Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
For the devils
For the calves
Bible References
For the devils
1 Corinthians 10:20
No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
Revelation 16:14
For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.
For the calves
Exodus 32:4
He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."
1 Kings 12:28
After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, "It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
1 Kings 14:9
You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.
Psalm 106:19
They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.
Hosea 8:5
O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!
Hosea 13:2
Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them: "Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!"