1 Kings 12:31 - Easy To Read Version

³¹ Jeroboam also built temples at the high places. [158] He also chose priests from among the different family groups of Israel. (He did not choose priests only from the family group of Levi.)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ 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

³¹ Jeroboam also made houses on high places and made priests of people who were not Levites.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ 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

³¹ Jeroboam made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, but none were Levites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ 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

³¹ And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 12:31 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 13:24

On the road traveling home, a lion attacked and killed the man of God. The prophet’s body was lying on the road. The donkey and the lion stood near the body.

1 Kings 14:23

The people built high places, stone memorials, and sacred poles. [177] They built them on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:28

So one of the priests that the Assyrians had carried away from Samaria came to live in Bethel. This priest taught the people how they should honor the Lord.

2 Kings 17:29

But all those people made gods of their own and put them in the temples at the high places [212] the Samarians had made. Those people did this wherever they lived.

2 Kings 17:32

But those people also worshiped the Lord. They chose priests for the high places [213] from among the people. These priests made sacrifices for the people in the temples at those places of worship.

2 Chronicles 13:9

You threw out the Lord’s priests, the descendants of Aaron. And you threw out the Levites. Then you chose your own priests, just like every other nation on earth. And now, any person that will bring a young bull and seven rams can become a priest! A priest to serve those ‘No-gods’.

Ezekiel 16:25

You built your mounds at the head of every road. Then you degraded your beauty. You used it to catch every man that walked by. You raised your skirt so they could see your legs, and then you were like a prostitute {\cf2\super [123]} with those men.

Hosea 12:11

But the people in Gilead {\cf2\super [138]} have sinned. There are many terrible idols in that place. The people offer sacrifices to bulls at Gilgal. Those people have many altars. {\cf2\super [139]} There are rows and rows of altars—like the rows of dirt in a plowed field.

Amos 7:10

Amaziah, a priest at Bethel, {\cf2\super [91]} sent this message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel: “Amos is making plans against you. He is trying to make the people of Israel fight against you. \{He has been speaking so much that\} this country can’t hold all his words.

Numbers 3:10

“Appoint Aaron and his sons to be priests. They must do their duty and serve as priests. Any other person who tries to come near the holy things [30] must be killed.”

Deuteronomy 24:15

Give him his pay every day before sunset. Why? Because he is poor and depends on the money. If you don’t pay him, he will complain against you to the Lord. And you will be guilty of sin.