Verse 31

And he made{H6213}{(H8799)} an house{H1004} of high places{H1116}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} priests{H3548} of the lowest{H7098} of the people{H5971}, which were not of the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878}.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 13:32-33 : 32 For the saying{H1697} which he cried{H7121}{(H8804)} by the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} against the altar{H4196} in Bethel{H1008}, and against all the houses{H1004} of the high places{H1116} which are in the cities{H5892} of Samaria{H8111}, shall surely come to pass. 33 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}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:32 : 32 So they feared{H3373} the LORD{H3068}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} unto themselves of the lowest{H7098} of them priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116}, which sacrificed{H6213}{(H8802)} for them in the houses{H1004} of the high places{H1116}.
  • 2 Chr 13:9 : 9 Have ye not cast out{H5080}{(H8689)} the priests{H3548} of the LORD{H3068}, the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175}, and the Levites{H3881}, and have made{H6213}{(H8799)} you priests{H3548} after the manner of the nations{H5971} of other lands{H776}? so that whosoever cometh{H935}{(H8802)} to consecrate{H4390}{(H8763)}{H3027} himself with a young{H1121}{H1241} bullock{H6499} and seven{H7651} rams{H352}, the same may be a priest{H3548} of them that are no{H3808} gods{H430}.
  • 2 Chr 11:14-15 : 14 For the Levites{H3881} left{H5800}{(H8804)} their suburbs{H4054} and their possession{H272}, and came{H3212}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}: for Jeroboam{H3379} and his sons{H1121} had cast them off{H2186}{(H8689)} from executing the priest's office{H3547}{(H8763)} unto the LORD{H3068}: 15 And he ordained{H5975}{(H8686)} him priests{H3548} for the high places{H1116}, and for the devils{H8163}, and for the calves{H5695} which he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}.
  • Num 3:10 : 10 And thou shalt appoint{H6485}{(H8799)} Aaron{H175} and his sons{H1121}, and they shall wait on{H8104}{(H8804)} their priest's office{H3550}: and the stranger{H2114}{(H8801)} that cometh nigh{H7131} shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.
  • Deut 24:15 : 15 At his day{H3117} thou shalt give{H5414}{(H8799)} him his hire{H7939}, neither shall the sun{H8121} go down{H935}{(H8799)} upon it; for he is poor{H6041}, and setteth{H5375}{(H8802)} his heart{H5315} upon it: lest he cry{H7121}{(H8799)} against thee unto the LORD{H3068}, and it be sin{H2399} unto thee.
  • 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 And when he was gone{H3212}{(H8799)}, a lion{H738} met{H4672}{(H8799)} him by the way{H1870}, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him: and his carcase{H5038} was cast{H7993}{(H8716)} in the way{H1870}, and the ass{H2543} stood{H5975}{(H8802)} by{H681} it, the lion{H738} also stood{H5975}{(H8802)} by the carcase{H5038}.
  • Ezek 16:25 : 25 Thou hast built{H1129}{(H8804)} thy high place{H7413} at every head{H7218} of the way{H1870}, and hast made thy beauty{H3308} to be abhorred{H8581}{(H8762)}, and hast opened{H6589}{(H8762)} thy feet{H7272} to every one that passed by{H5674}{(H8802)}, and multiplied{H7235}{(H8686)} thy whoredoms{H8457}.
  • Ezek 44:6-8 : 6 And thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} to the rebellious{H4805}, even to the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; O ye house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, let it suffice{H7227} you of all your abominations{H8441}, 7 In that ye have brought{H935}{(H8687)} into my sanctuary strangers{H1121}{H5236}, uncircumcised{H6189} in heart{H3820}, and uncircumcised{H6189} in flesh{H1320}, to be in my sanctuary{H4720}, to pollute{H2490}{(H8763)} it, even my house{H1004}, when ye offer{H7126}{(H8687)} my bread{H3899}, the fat{H2459} and the blood{H1818}, and they have broken{H6565}{(H8686)} my covenant{H1285} because{H413} of all your abominations{H8441}. 8 And ye have not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the charge{H4931} of mine holy things{H6944}: but ye have set{H7760}{(H8799)} keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of my charge{H4931} in my sanctuary{H4720} for yourselves.
  • Hos 12:11 : 11 Is there iniquity{H205} in Gilead{H1568}? surely they are vanity{H7723}: they sacrifice{H2076}{(H8765)} bullocks{H7794} in Gilgal{H1537}; yea, their altars{H4196} are as heaps{H1530} in the furrows{H8525} of the fields{H7704}.