1 Kings 12:31

In 11 translations

BSB

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

KJV

And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

WEB

He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

ASV

And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

LSV

And he makes the house of high places, and makes priests from the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

YLT

And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

DBY

And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

DRC

And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

GNV

Also he made an house of hie places, and made Priestes of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sonnes of Leui.

JPS

And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

LXXE

And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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WLC

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית בָּמ֑וֹת וַיַּ֤עַשׂ כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ מִקְצ֣וֹת הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־הָי֖וּ מִבְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐποίησεν οἴκους ἐφʼ ὑψηλῶν, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἱερεῖς μέρος τι ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ, οἳ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Λευί.

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• 1 Kings 13:32–33for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.” Even after these events, Jeroboam…
• 2 Chronicles 13:9But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young…
• 2 Kings 17:32So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
• 2 Chronicles 11:14–15For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD. And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high…
• Numbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
• Deuteronomy 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Ezekiel 44:6–8Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel. In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners…
• Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
• 1 Kings 13:24As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
• Ezekiel 16:25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

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