1 Kings 13:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

After this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever desired, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Even after this, Jeroboam did not turn away from his evil way. Instead, he made priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest, he consecrated, and they became priests for the high places.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    After{H310} this thing{H1697} Jeroboam{H3379} returned{H7725} not from his evil{H7451} way,{H1870} but made{H6213} again{H7725} from among all{H7098} the people{H5971} priests{H3548} of the high places:{H1116} whosoever would,{H2655} he consecrated{H4390} him, that there might be priests{H3548} of the high places.{H1116}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    After{H310} this thing{H1697} Jeroboam{H3379} returned{H7725}{(H8804)} not from his evil{H7451} way{H1870}, but made{H6213}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} of the lowest{H7098} of the people{H5971} priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116}: whosoever would{H2655}, he consecrated{H4390}{(H8762)}{H3027} him, and he became one of the priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Howbeit after this acte dyd not Ieroboa turne from his euell waye, but was peruerted, and made prestes of the hye places, eue of the smallest of the people: Loke whom it pleased him, his handes he fylled, & he was prest of the hye places.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Howbeit after this, Ieroboam conuerted not from his wicked way, but turned againe, and made of the lowest of the people Priests of the hie places. Who would, might consecrate him selfe, and be of the Priestes of the hie places.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Howbeit, for all that Ieroboam conuerted not from his wicked way: but turned backe, and made of the lowest of the people priestes of the hie places: And who so pleased him, he filled his hand, and he became priest of the hie places.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests of the high places.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    After this thing Jeroboam hath not turned from his evil way, and turneth back, and maketh of the extremities of the people priests of high places; he who is desirous he consecrateth his hand, and he is of the priests of the high places.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    After this Jeroboam, not turning back from his evil ways, still made priests for his altars from among all the people; he made a priest of anyone desiring it, so that there might be priests of the high places.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 11:15 : 15 And he ordained priests for the high places, for the devils, and for the calves which he made.
  • 2 Chr 13:9 : 9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.
  • Ps 78:34 : 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and sought diligently after God.
  • Jer 18:4 : 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
  • Amos 6:11 : 11 For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
  • Exod 28:41 : 41 And you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may serve Me as priests.
  • Num 1:51 : 51 And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up: and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
  • Num 3:10 : 10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall fulfill their duties in the priest's office; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
  • Num 17:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod whom I choose shall blossom: and I will put an end to the murmurings of the children of Israel against you.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 Whoever comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die: will we all be consumed with dying?
  • Judg 17:12 : 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
  • 1 Kgs 12:31-33 : 31 And he made a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar that he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 12:30-33
    4 verses
    84%

    30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.

    31 And he made a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

    32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

    33 So he offered upon the altar that he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
    81%

    34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  • 2 Chr 11:13-16
    4 verses
    79%

    13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all their territories.

    14 For the Levites left their suburbs and possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the LORD.

    15 And he ordained priests for the high places, for the devils, and for the calves which he made.

    16 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    77%

    32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • 2 Chr 13:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made for you to be gods.

    9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.

  • 2 Kgs 17:32
    74%

    32 They feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 For he ripped Israel from the house of David; they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin.

    22 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,

  • 1 Kgs 13:1
    73%

    1 And, behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • 1 Kgs 12:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom shall return to the house of David.

    27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 3:3
    72%

    3 Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

  • 2 Kgs 13:6
    72%

    6 Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked in them, and the Asherah pole also remained in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 14:7
    72%

    7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    72%

    24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    72%

    11 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, but he walked in them.

  • 2 Kgs 23:15
    71%

    15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    71%

    2 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    71%

    28 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    71%

    9 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
    70%

    20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 1 Kgs 15:30
    70%

    30 because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and made Israel to sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

  • 2 Kgs 10:29
    70%

    29 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu did not turn away from them, namely, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

  • 2 Kgs 12:3
    70%

    3 However, the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

  • 2 Chr 33:3
    70%

    3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he erected altars for Baal, made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

  • 1 Kgs 16:26
    70%

    26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    70%

    24 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15
    70%

    15 Therefore the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform His word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

  • 1 Kgs 14:9
    70%

    9 But have done evil above all that were before you: for you have gone and made for yourself other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:

  • 2 Kgs 15:4
    69%

    4 Except that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places.

  • 1 Kgs 13:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4 And it came to pass, when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, Seize him. And his hand, which he stretched out against him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.

    5 The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 36:14
    69%

    14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 14:16
    69%

    16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
    69%

    28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the work of the house of Joseph.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
    69%

    15 So the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was of God, that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

  • 1 Kgs 13:10
    69%

    10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

  • 2 Chr 10:2
    69%

    2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, heard it, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 13:6
    69%

    6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, has risen up and has rebelled against his lord.

  • 1 Kgs 14:14
    68%

    14 Moreover the LORD shall raise up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    68%

    18 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 10:31
    68%

    31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 21:3
    68%

    3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.