1 Kings 12:31
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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.
And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.
And Jeroboam also made houses on high places, and he made priests from all people who were not of the sons (descendants) of Levi.
Jeroboam also made houses on high places and made priests of people who were not Levites.
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.
Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.
Jeroboam made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, but none were Levites.
He also set up temples on the high places and made cohanim from among all the people, even though they were not descended from Levi.
Jeroboam built small places of worship at the shrines and appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to serve as priests.
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.
And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam also built temples at the high places and chose priests from among the different tribes of Israel. (He did not choose priests only from the tribe of Levi.)
Jeroboam also built places on hills for people to worship. He chose men who were not from Levi's tribe to be priests.
Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places, and he appointed priests from all kinds of people, even though they were not Levites.
He also made temples on high places and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
He also made temples on high places and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
Jeroboam built ·temples [L houses] on the ·places of worship [L high places; 3:2]. He also chose priests from all the people, not just from the tribe of Levi [C a violation of God’s command; cf. Num. 3:10].
Also he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests.
Jeroboam also built places of worship on hilltops, and he chose priests from families who were not of the tribe of Levi.
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and set up priests from every class of people who were not Levites.
Jeroboam built temples on the places of worship. He chose priests from all the people. (He did not choose priests only from the tribe of Levi.)
Jeroboam built temples on the high places, and appointed his own priests from the fringe elements of the people who were not descendants of Levi.
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.
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.
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.
And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
Then he built the houses on the high places, and he appointed priests from all walks of life who were not from the sons of Levi.
He also made shrines on the hills and ordained priests from the rank and file of the people—even those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.
And that wasn’t the end of it. Jeroboam built forbidden shrines all over the place and recruited priests from wherever he could find them, regardless of whether they were fit for the job or not. To top it off, he created a holy New Year festival to be held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month to replace the one in Judah, complete with worship offered on the Altar at Bethel and sacrificing before the calves he had set up there. He staffed Bethel with priests from the local shrines he had made. This was strictly his own idea to compete with the feast in Judah; and he carried it off with flair, a festival exclusively for Israel, Jeroboam himself leading the worship at the Altar.
He also made houses on high places and appointed priests from among all the people who were not Levites.
Jeroboam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests.
He also built temples on the high places and made priests from among the common people who were not Levites.
And he made houses on high places, and appointed priests from all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
He built shrines upon the high places, and he appointed priests from the lowliest of people who were not Levites.
Jeroboam built temples on the places of worship. He also chose priests from all the people, not just from the tribe of Levi.
He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests common people who were not Levites.
Jeroboam built temples for worshiping gods on high places. He appointed all kinds of people as priests. They didn’t even have to be Levites.
Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam made houses on high places. He made religious leaders from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.
He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not Levites.
He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not Levites.
He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not Levites.
He also made houses on high places and appointed priests from among all the people who were not Levites.
And he made a bais for the [idolatrous] high places, and made kohanim of the lowest of the people, which were not of the Bnei Levi.
He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
He also made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from among the people, who were not sons of Levi.
Jeroboam constructed temples on high places, and he appointed men to be priests who were not descendants of Levi.
He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
And Jeroboam made temples in high places (And Jeroboam made temples at the hill shrines), and he made priests (out) of the last men of the people, the which were not of the sons of Levi.
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;
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