2 Kings 17:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So they feared Jehovah, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 17:32 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
- 1 Kings 12:33On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
- 1 Kings 13:31After 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,
- 1 Kings 13:33Even 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.
- 2 Kings 17:29Nevertheless, 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.
- 2 Kings 17:41So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
- 2 Kings 23:19Just 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.
- Zephaniah 1:5those 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,
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