1 Kings 12:31 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Jeroboam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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

BBE:

And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

WEB:

He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

YLT:

And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

1 Kings 12:31 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 13:32 "For the thing shall surely come to pass 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."

1 Kings 13:33 After this event Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but again he made priests of the high places from among all the people; any who would, he ordained, to be priests of the high places.

2 Kings 17:32 They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.

2 Chronicles 11:15 He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.

2 Chronicles 13:9 "Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what are no gods. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:31 And he made an {n} house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
(n) That is, a temple, where altars were built for idolatry.

WES:

12:31 An house - Houses, or chapels, besides the temples, which are built at Dan and Beth - el; he built also for his peoples better accommodation, lesser temples upon divers high places. Of the lowest - Which he might do, either, because the better sort refused it, or, because such would be satisfied with mean allowances; and so he could put into his own purse a great part of the revenues of the Levites, which doubtless he seized upon when they forsook him, and went to Jerusalem, 2Chron 11:13,14, or, because mean persons would depend upon his favour, and therefore be pliable to his humour, and firm to his interest, but the words in the Hebrew properly signify, from the ends of the people; which may be translated thus, out of all the people; promiscuously out of every tribe. Which exposition seems to be confirmed by the following words, added to explain these, which were not of the sons of Levi; though they were not of the tribe of Levi. And that indeed was Jeroboam's sin; not that he chose mean persons, for some of the Levites were such; and his sin had not been less, if he had chosen the noblest and greatest persons; as we see in the example of Uzziah. But that he chose men of other tribes, contrary to God's appointment, which restrained that office to that tribe. Levi - To whom that office was confined by God's express command.

MHC:

12:25-33 Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our departures from him. Though it is probable he meant his worship for Jehovah the God of Israel, it was contrary to the Divine law, and dishonourable to the Divine majesty to be thus represented. The people might be less shocked at worshipping the God of Israel under an image, than if they had at once been asked to worship Baal; but it made way for that idolatry. Blessed Lord, give us grace to reverence thy temple, thine ordinances, thine house of prayer, thy sabbaths, and never more, like Jeroboam, to set up in our hearts any idol of abomination. Be thou to us every thing precious; do thou reign and rule in our hearts, the hope of glory.

CONC:

Appointed Built Classes Extremities Houses Levi Levites Lowest Maketh Places Priests Shrines Sons Sorts Though Worship

Appointed Built Classes Extremities High House Houses Jeroboam Levi Maketh Places Priests Shrines Sorts Worship

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