Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he will make a house of heights, and be will make priests from the ends of the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
New American Standard Bible
And
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.
Holman Bible
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places
International Standard Version
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.
A Conservative Version
And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
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.
Amplified
And Jeroboam also made houses on high places, and he made priests from
Bible in Basic English
And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.
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.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not the sons of Levi.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he made houses of hill altars, and made, of the lowest of the people, priests which were not of the sons of Levi.
NET Bible
He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.
New Heart English Bible
He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
The Emphasized Bible
And he made a house of high-places, - and made priests from the whole compass of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
Webster
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.
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.
Youngs 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;
Themes
Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » Jeroboam institutes idolatrous worship at
Calf » Images of, set up in beth-el and dan by jeroboam
Calves of jeroboam » Priests appointed for
Church and state » State superior to religion » Jeroboam, in subverting the jewish religion
High places » Signify a place of idolatrous worship
High places » Built by » Jeroboam
Idolatrous » priests » Examples of
Idolatrous » priests » Temples
Jeroboam » First king of israel after the revolt » Subverts the religion of moses
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jeroboam
Leaders » Corrupt condemned » Idolatrous, examples of
Priest » The time of moses » Priests who were not from the sons of levi were appointed by jeroboam
priests » Corrupt condemned » Idolatrous, examples of
Rebellion against God » Exemplified » Jeroboam
Religion » National » Subverted by jeroboam
Religion » National » Established by jeroboam
Religious » Corrupt condemned » Idolatrous, examples of
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Exalting debased persons to the priesthood
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Jeroboam, perverting the true worship
national Sins » Often caused and encouraged by rulers
Statecraft » Instances of » Jeroboam
Temple » Idolatrous » Of the calves, at beth-el
false Worship » Brazen serpent places devoted to idolatry » Idolatrous temples
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 12:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeroboam Becomes King Over Israel
30 And this word will be for sin: and the people will go before the one, even to Dan. 31 And he will make a house of heights, and be will make priests from the ends of the people who were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam will make a festival in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, according to the festival that is in Judah, and he will go up upon the altar. Thus he did in the house of God to sacrifice to the calves which he made: and he placed in the house of God priests of the heights which he made.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:32-33
For being, the word shall be which he cried by the word of Jehovah upon the altar which is in the house of God, and upon all the houses of the heights which are in the cities of Shomeron.
2 Kings 17:32
And they will be fearing Jehovah, and make to them priests of their ends upon the heights, and they will be doing to them in the houses of the heights.
2 Chronicles 13:9
Did ye not thrust out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron and the Levites? and ye will make to you priests according to the peoples of the lands, every one coming to fill his hand with a bullock, son of the cow, and seven rams; and he was priest to no God.
2 Chronicles 11:14-15
For the Levites forsook their areas and their possession, and they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons rejected them from being priest to Jehovah:
Numbers 3:10
And Aaron and his sons thou shalt set up, and they shall watch their priesthood; and the stranger coming near shall die.
Deuteronomy 24:15
In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.
1 Kings 13:24
And he will go, and a lion will find him in the way and kill him: and his corpse will be cast in the way, and the ass standing by it., and the lion standing by the corpse.
Ezekiel 16:25
At every head of the way thou didst build thy height, and thou wilt cause thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou wilt open wide thy feet to every one passing by, and thou wilt multiply thy fornication.
Ezekiel 44:6-8
And thou shalt say to the perverse to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough for you of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
Hosea 12:11
If Gilead nothing? Surely they were vanity: in Gilgal they sacrificed oxen; also their altars as heaps upon the furrows of the field.