2 Kings 17:32

New Century Version

They also honored the Lord, but they chose priests for the places where gods were worshiped. The priests were chosen from among themselves, and they made sacrifices for the people.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam built temples on the places of worship. He also chose priests from all the people, not just from the tribe of Levi.

1 Kings 12:33

So Jeroboam chose his own time for a festival for the Israelites—the fifteenth day of the eighth month. During that time he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built in Bethel. He set up a festival for the Israelites and offered sacrifices on the altar.

1 Kings 13:31

After the prophet buried the body, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in this same grave. Put my bones next to his.

1 Kings 13:33

After this incident King Jeroboam did not stop doing evil. He continued to choose priests for the places of worship from among all the people. Anyone who wanted to be a priest for the places of worship was allowed to be one.

2 Kings 17:25

At first they did not worship the Lord, so he sent lions among them which killed some of them.

2 Kings 17:29

But each nation made gods of its own and put them in the cities where they lived and in the temples where gods were worshiped. These temples had been built by the Samaritans.

2 Kings 17:33

The people honored the Lord but also served their own gods, just as the nations did from which they had been brought.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations honored the Lord but also worshiped their idols, and their children and grandchildren still do as their ancestors did.

2 Kings 23:19

The kings of Israel had built temples for worshiping gods in the cities of Samaria, which had caused the Lord to be angry. Josiah removed all those temples and did the same things as he had done at Bethel.

Ezra 4:2

they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families. The enemies said, “Let us help you build, because we are like you and want to worship your God. We have been offering sacrifices to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

Zephaniah 1:5

I will destroy those who worship the stars from the roofs, and those who worship and make promises by both the Lord and the god Molech,