1 Kings 12:31
World English Bible (WEB)
He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
In context
29 He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
30 This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
31 He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
32 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
33 He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
1 Kings 12:31 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.