King James Version with Apocrypha
"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 with Apocrypha
“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.”
“And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi. ”
“He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.”
“He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests common people who were not Levites.”
“And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.”
“And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.”
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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.
And 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 Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el 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.