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.
Jeroboam built small places of worship at the shrines and appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to serve as priests.
I'm sure that everything he said about the altar in Bethel and the shrines in Samaria will happen.”
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.
Others may follow their gods, but we will always follow the LORD our God.
They don't worship the glorious and eternal God. Instead, they worship idols that are made to look like humans who cannot live for ever, and like birds, animals, and reptiles.