31Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.


In Context

28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

29 One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

30 And this thing became a sin; the people went even as far as Dan to worship the one there.

31 Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.

32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made.

33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.

1st Kings 12:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:31And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:31And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:31And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:31And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:31And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:31He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:31And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.