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1 Kings 12:31

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.

KJV

Et fecit fana in excelsis, et sacerdotes de extremis populi, qui non erant de filiis Levi.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν οἴκους ἐφ’ ὑψηλῶν, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἱερεῖς μέρος τι ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ οἳ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Λευεί.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת בֵּ֣ית בָּמ֑וֹת וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ מִ/קְצ֣וֹת הָ/עָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא הָי֖וּ מִ/בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי

Hebrew

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People LeviLevi

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
לֵוִ֖י
lvy
noun · 60×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
קְצ֥וֹת
qtsvt
noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 13:32 — 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.
  • 1Kgs 13:32 — 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.
  • 2Chr 11:14 — For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:
  • 2Chr 11:15 — And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
  • 2Chr 13:9 — Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himse
  • 2Kgs 17:29 — Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
  • 2Kgs 17:32 — So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
  • 2Kgs 17:32 — So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
  • Amos 7:10 — Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
  • Num 3:10 — And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
  • Ps 78:58 — For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.