'Priests' in the Bible

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

When all Israel's elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items in the tent.

The priests brought the ark of the Lord's covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord's temple.

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's glory filled his temple.

He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

With the authority of the Lord he cried out against the altar, "O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, 'Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'"

After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.