2 Kings 17:32
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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.So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
In other translations
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.So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
Hebrew words
וַיִּהְיוּvaiyihyuand they wereH1961יְרֵאִיםyere'imfearingH3373אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיַּעֲשׂוּvaiya'asuand they appointedH6213לָהֶםlahemfor themselvesמִקְצוֹתָםmiktzotamfrom among themselvesH7098כֹּהֲנֵיkohaneipriests ofH3548בָמוֹתvamot[the] high placesH1116וַיִּהְיוּvaiyihyuand they wereH1961עֹשִׂים'osimofferingH6213לָהֶםlahemfor themבְּבֵיתbeveitin [the] house ofH1004הַבָּמוֹת׃habamotthe high placesH1116
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Related verses
- 1 Kings 12:31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
- 2 Kings 17:29Howbeit 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.Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
- 1 Kings 13:33After 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 of the high places.Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
- Zephaniah 1:5And 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;those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
- 2 Kings 23:19And 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 acts that he had done in Beth–el.Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
- 1 Kings 13:31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
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