1 Kings 12:31
“And he made an house of hie places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sonnes of Leui.”
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1 Kings 12:31 Context
29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. 30And this thing became a sinne: for the people went to worship before the one, euen vnto Dan. 31And he made an house of hie places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sonnes of Leui. 32And Ieroboam ordeined a feast in the eight moneth, on the fifteenth day of the moneth, like vnto the feast that is in Iudah, and he offered vpon the altar (so did he in Bethel,) sacrificing vnto the calues that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. 33So hee offered vpon the altar, which hee had made in Bethel, the fifteenth day of the eighth moneth, euen in the moneth which he had deuised of his owne heart: and ordeined a feast vnto the children of Israel, and he offered vpon the altar, and burnt incense.
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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
And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
- New American Standard Version (1995)