1 Kings 12:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jeroboam built small places of worship at the shrines and appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to serve as priests.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:24

and the prophet from Judah left. Along the way, a lion attacked and killed him, and the donkey and the lion stood there beside his dead body.

1 Kings 14:23

They also built their own local shrines and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles for worshipping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

2 Kings 17:28

One of the Israelite priests was chosen to go back to Israel. He lived in Bethel and taught the people how to worship the LORD.

2 Kings 17:29

But in towns all over Israel, the different groups of people made statues of their own gods, then they placed these idols in local Israelite shrines.

2 Kings 17:32

They worshipped their own gods, just as they had before they were taken away to Israel. They also worshipped the LORD, but they chose their own people to be priests at the shrines.

2 Chronicles 13:9

You don't even have descendants of Aaron on your side, because you forced out the LORD's priests and Levites. In their place, you appoint ordinary people to be priests, just as the foreign nations do. In fact, anyone who brings a bull and seven rams to the altar can become a priest of your so called gods.

Ezekiel 16:25

where you disgraced yourself by having sex with anyone who walked by. And you did that more and more every day!

Hosea 12:11

Gilead is terribly sinful and will end up ruined. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal on altars made of stones, but those stones will be scattered in every field.

Amos 7:10

Amaziah the priest at Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel, “Amos is plotting against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put up with his message for very long.

Numbers 3:10

who have been appointed to be priests. Anyone else who tries to perform the duties of a priest must be put to death.

Deuteronomy 24:15

Pay them their wages at the end of each day, because they live in poverty and need the money to survive. If you don't pay them on time, they will complain about you to the LORD, and he will punish you.