Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"Have ye not driven out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of [other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of [them that are] no gods." — 2 Chronicles 13:9 (ASV)
Seven rams - A bullock and two rams was the offering which God had required at the original consecration of the sons of Aaron (Exodus 29:1; Leviticus 8:2). Jeroboam, for reasons of his own, enlarged the sacrifice and required it at the consecration of every priest.