I Kings 12:31
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Kings 12:31 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Auch baute er Höhenhäuser, und machte Priester aus sämtlichem Volke, die nicht von den Kindern Levi waren.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Hizo también casa de altos, é hizo sacerdotes de la clase del pueblo, que no eran de los hijos de Leví.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Fez também casa de altos, e fez sacerdotes da classe do povo, que não eram dos filhos de Levi.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Jeroboão fez santuários idólatras nos lugares altos; ele também constituiu sacerdotes dentre todo o povo, que não eram filhos de Levi.
📖 I Kings 12:31 in Context
29And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.
30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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.
32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.
33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
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