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2 Kings 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.

KJV

et nihilominus colebant Dominum. Fecerunt autem sibi de novissimis sacerdotes excelsorum, et ponebant eos in fanis sublimibus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἦσαν φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον, καὶ κατῴκισαν τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν ὑψηλῶν ἃ ἐποίησαν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, ἔθνος ἔθνος ἐν πόλει ἐν ᾗ κατῴκουν ἐν αὐτῇ· καὶ ἦσαν φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἐποίησαν ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν, καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς ἐν οἴκῳ τῶν ὑψηλῶν.

LXX

So they feared Jehovah, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

ASV

וַ/יִּהְי֥וּ יְרֵאִ֖ים אֶת יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יַּעֲשׂ֨וּ לָ/הֶ֤ם מִ/קְצוֹתָ/ם֙ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י בָמ֔וֹת וַ/יִּהְי֛וּ עֹשִׂ֥ים לָ/הֶ֖ם בְּ/בֵ֥ית הַ/בָּמֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
קְצ֥וֹת
qtsvt
noun · 36×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 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.
  • 1Kgs 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.
  • 1Kgs 13:33 — 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 o
  • 2Kgs 17:25 — And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
  • 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 17:41 — So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
  • 2Kgs 23:19 — And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the a
  • Zeph 1:5 — And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;