They also fearedthe LORDand appointedfrom amongthemselves priestsof the highplaces,who actedfor them in the housesof the highplaces.
And he madehouseson highplaces,and madepriestsfrom among allthe peoplewhowere not of the sonsof Levi.
Then he wentup to the altarwhichhe had madein Bethelon the fifteenthdayin the eighthmonth,even in the monthwhichhe had devisedin his own heart;and he instituteda feastfor the sonsof Israeland wentup to the altarto burnincense.
Afterhe had buriedhim, he spoketo his sons,saying,"When I die,buryme in the gravein whichthe manof Godis buried;laymy bonesbesidehis bones.
AfterthiseventJeroboamdid not returnfrom his evilway,but againhe madepriestsof the highplacesfrom among allthe people;any who would,he ordained,to be priestsof the highplaces.
At the beginningof their livingthere,they did not fearthe LORD;therefore the LORDsentlionsamong them which killedsome of them.
But everynationstill madegodsof its own and putthem in the housesof the highplaceswhichthe peopleof Samariahad made,everynationin their citiesin whichthey lived.
They fearedthe LORDand servedtheir own godsaccording to the customof the nationsfrom among whomthey had been carriedawayinto exile.
So while thesenationsfearedthe LORD,they also servedtheir idols;their childrenlikewiseand their grandchildren,as their fathersdid,so they doto thisday.
Josiahalsoremovedallthe housesof the highplaceswhich[were] in the citiesof Samaria,whichthe kingsof Israelhad madeprovokingthe LORD;and he didto them justas he had donein Bethel.
they approachedZerubbabeland the headsof fathers'[households], and saidto them, "Let us buildwith you, for we, like you, seekyour God;and we have been sacrificingto Him sincethe daysof Esarhaddonkingof Assyria,who broughtus up here."
"And those who bowdownon the housetopsto the hostof heaven,And those who bowdown[and] swearto the LORDand [yet] swearby Milcom,
