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1 Kings 12:31

31 Jeroboam built shrinesq on high places and appointed priestsr from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.

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1 Kings 12:31 — English Standard Version (ESV)

31 He also made temples on high places and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.

1 Kings 12:31 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

1 Kings 12:31 — New Living Translation (NLT)

31 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.

1 Kings 12:31 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

31 He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 12:31 — New Century Version (NCV)

31 Jeroboam built temples on the places of worship. He also chose priests from all the people, not just from the tribe of Levi.

1 Kings 12:31 — American Standard Version (ASV)

31 And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 12:31 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

31 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.

1 Kings 12:31 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

31 Jeroboam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests. 

1 Kings 12:31 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and set up priests from every class of people who were not Levites.

1 Kings 12:31 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

31 He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not Levites.

1 Kings 12:31 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

31 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.

1 Kings 12:31 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

31 Jeroboam built temples for worshiping gods on high places. He appointed all kinds of people as priests. They didn’t even have to be Levites.

1 Kings 12:31 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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