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1 Kings 12:31–32

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31And ahe made houses on high places, and bmade priests from among 1all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.

32And Jeroboam made a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, alike the feast which is in Judah, and he 1went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves which he had made. And he had bthe priests of the high places, which he had made, stand in Bethel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or the extremities of
  2. 1Or offered upon

Cross references

  1. a1 Kin 13:32
  2. b1 Kin 13:33; 2 Kin 17:32; 2 Chr 11:15; 13:9
  3. aLev 23:33, 34; Num 29:12; 1 Kin 8:2, 5
  4. bAmos 7:10–13

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He also made temples on high places and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites. And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites. Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah. He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had made.

NLTNew Living Translation

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. And Jeroboam instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in imitation of the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices to the calves he had made, and he appointed priests for the pagan shrines he had made.

LEBThe Lexham English 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. Jeroboam also inaugurated a religious feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the religious feast which was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. Thus he did in Bethel, by sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

KJV 1900King 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. And 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.