2 Chronicles 11:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. And he ordained him priests - for the devils - שעירים seirim, the hairy ones; probably goats: for as the golden calves, or oxen, were in imitation of the Egyptian ox-god, Apis; so they no doubt paid Divine honors to the goat, which we know was an object of religious veneration in Egypt.

2 Chronicles 11:15

15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.