Old Testament · VERSE 31

1 Kings 12:31

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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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1 Kings 12:29

And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

1 Kings 12:30

And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

1 Kings 12:31SELECTED VERSE

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 12:32

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 Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

1 Kings 12:33

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel 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.

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