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1 Kings 12:31 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 12 · verse 31 · King 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.1 Kings 12:31 · King James Version
1 Kings 12:31 in context
29And he set the one in Bethel, 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 Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel 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.
Key words (Strong's)
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- placesbâmâhan elevationH1116 →
- lowestqâtsâha terminationH7098 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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