1 Kings 13:33

³¹ And 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:

³² For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

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 of the high places.

³⁴ And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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 of the high places.
WEB: After this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
ASV: After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
DARBY: After this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made again from all classes of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests of the high places.
BLB: After this matter, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, and he turned back and made from the ends of the people priests for the high places. The desiring one would fill his hand and he would become one of the priests of the high places.

ÅB: Men heller ikke etter dette vendte Jeroboam om fra sin onde vei, men ble ved å gjøre hvem han ville av folket til prester ved offerhaugene; han fylte[^3] alle deres hender som hadde lyst dertil, så de ble prester ved haugene.
OTB: Etter denne hendelsen vendte ikke Jeroboam bort fra sin onde vei, men han gjorde igjen prester av de høye stedene blant alle folket; enhver som ønsket, ordinerte han, så de ble prester av de høye stedene.
B1930: Men heller ikke efter dette vendte Jeroboam om fra sin onde vei, men blev ved å gjøre hvem han vilde av folket til prester ved offerhaugene; han fylte alle deres hender som hadde lyst dertil, så de blev prester ved haugene. / < 2MO 28, 41.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 11:15
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
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2 Chronicles 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 himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
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Numbers 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.
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Numbers 17:5
And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
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1 Kings 12:31–33
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.
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Amos 6:11
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
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Numbers 17:12–13
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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