1 Kings 12:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 12:31 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 12:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.”
1 Kings 12:31 — World English Bible
1 Kings 12:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi. ”
1 Kings 12:31 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 12:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;”
1 Kings 12:31 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 12:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. ”
1 Kings 12:31 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 12:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also he made an house of hie places, and made Priestes of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sonnes of Leui.”
1 Kings 12:31 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 12:31 in Context — 1 Kings 12
29 And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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.
32 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.
33 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.
What Does 1 Kings 12:31 Mean?
1 Kings 12:31 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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