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I Kings 12:Verse 31

KJV
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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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What Does I Kings 12:31 Mean?

Detailed meaning and commentary

"He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. The institutional corruption extend..."

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King James VersionPrimary
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.

American Standard Version
ASV

And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

American King James Version
AKJV

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.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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;

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Darby Translation
Darby

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.

Webster Bible
Webster

And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

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.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And he made a house of high-places,—and made priests from the whole compass of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Literal Translation
LITV

And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Modern King James
MKJV

And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not the sons of Levi.

Updated King James
UKJV

And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the low of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

Then he built the houses on the high places, and he appointed priests ⌞from all walks of life⌟ who were not from the sons of Levi.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And he made shrines on the high places, and he made priests out of the lowest people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

Revised Webster
RWebster

And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And Jeroboam made templis in hiye placis, and `he made preestis of the laste men of the puple, that weren not of the sones of Leuy.

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