33 Even after this,(A) Jeroboam did not repent(B) of his evil way but again made priests for the high places from the ranks of the people.(C) He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.(D) 34 This was the sin that caused the house of Jeroboam to be cut off and obliterated from the face of the earth.(E)

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A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways;[a] he continued to appoint common people[b] as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.[c] 34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty[d] to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:33 tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”
  2. 1 Kings 13:33 sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.
  3. 1 Kings 13:33 tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”
  4. 1 Kings 13:34 tn Heb “house.”