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2 Kings 17:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

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

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.

Not a trace will be found of those who worship stars from their rooftops, or bow down to the god Milcom, while claiming loyalty to me, the LORD.

Some of the Israelite kings had made the LORD angry by building pagan shrines all over Israel. So Josiah sent troops to destroy these shrines just as he had done to the one in Bethel.

But Jeroboam kept on doing evil things. He appointed men to be priests at the local shrines, even if they were not Levites. In fact, anyone who wanted to be a priest could be one.

He said to his sons, “When I die, bury my body next to this prophet.

At first these people did not worship the LORD, so he sent lions to attack them, and the lions killed some of them.

So they went to Zerubbabel and to the family leaders and said, “Let us help! Ever since King Esarhaddon of Assyria brought us here, we have worshipped your God and offered sacrifices to him.”

They did worship the LORD, but they also worshipped their own idols. Their descendants did the same thing.




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