When he left, a lion attacked him along the way and killed him. His corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it; the lion was standing beside the corpse too.
1 Kings 12:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jeroboam also made houses on high places and made priests of people who were not Levites. American Standard Version (1901) And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi. Common English Bible Jeroboam made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, but none were Levites. Catholic Public Domain Version And he made shrines on the high places, and he made priests out of the lowest people, who were not of the sons of Levi. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. |
When he left, a lion attacked him along the way and killed him. His corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it; the lion was standing beside the corpse too.
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
So one of the priests they had deported came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should fear the Lord.
But the people of each nation were still making their own gods in the cities where they lived and putting them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.
They feared the Lord, but they also made from their ranks priests for the high places, who were working for them at the shrines of the high places.
Didn’t you banish the priests of the Lord, the descendants of Aaron and the Levites, and make your own priests like the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to ordain himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.
You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.
Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like piles of rocks on the furrows of a field.
Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, ‘Amos has conspired against you right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,
You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.’
You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.