1 Kings 12:31

Translations

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Original

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Notes

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Events

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• Reign of Jeroboam I

Related verses

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• 2 Kings 17:32
  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.
• 2 Chronicles 13:9
  But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.
• 1 Kings 13:32–33
  …for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
• 2 Chronicles 11:14–15
  For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
• Numbers 3:10
  So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
• Ezekiel 44:6–8
  Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
• Ezekiel 16:25
  At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
• Deuteronomy 24:15
  You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Hosea 12:11
  Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
• 1 Kings 13:24
  As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

People

Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites

Glossary

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Bethel (Place), Bethelite· Cattle· Golden Calf· Idols, Idolatry· Judaism· Kings, Books of First and Second· Monotheism

Topics

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Beth-El: A City North of Jerusalem: Jeroboam Institutes Idolatrous Worship At· Calf: Images of, Set up in Beth-El and Dan by Jeroboam· Calves of Jeroboam: Priests Appointed For· Christian Minister: False and Corrupt· Church and State: State Superior to Religion: Jeroboam, in Subverting the Jewish Religion· High Places: Built By Jeroboam· High Places: Signify a Place of Idolatrous Worship· Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: Subverts the Religion of Moses· National Sins: Often Caused and Encouraged by Rulers· Priest: The Time of Moses: Priests Who Were not from the Sons of Levi Were Appointed by Jeroboam· Rebellion Against God: Jeroboam· Religion: National: Established by Jeroboam· Religion: National: Subverted by Jeroboam· Rulers: Wicked: Exalting Debased Persons to the Priesthood· Rulers: Wicked: Jeroboam, Perverting the True Worship· Statecraft: Jeroboam· Temple: Idolatrous of the Calves, at Beth-El