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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33 Despite everything that happened, Jeroboam never did repent of his evil practices. Instead, he appointed even more people to act as priests for the high places. Anyone who wanted to be a priest was ordained to be a priest in the high places. 34 This practice became so sinful that the Lord decided[a] to erase Jeroboam’s dynasty, thus eliminating it from the face of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:34 The Heb. lacks that the Lord decided