| NETBible | He built temples 1 on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites. |
| NIV © |
Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. |
| NASB © |
And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi. |
| NLT © |
Jeroboam built shrines at the pagan high places and ordained priests from the rank and file of the people––those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi. |
| MSG © |
And that wasn't the end of it. Jeroboam built forbidden shrines all over the place and recruited priests from wherever he could find them, regardless of whether they were fit for the job or not. |
| BBE © |
And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people. |
| NRSV © |
He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not Levites. |
| NKJV © |
He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. |
| KJV | And he made <06213> (8799) an house <01004> of high places <01116>_, and made <06213> (8799) priests <03548> of the lowest <07098> of the people <05971>_, which were not of the sons <01121> of Levi <03878>_. |
| NASB © |
And he made <6213> houses <1004> on high <1116> places <1116> , and made <6213> priests <3548> from among all <7098> the people <5971> who <834> were not of the sons <1121> of Levi .<3878> |
| LXXM | kai <2532> CONJ epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S oikouv <3624> N-APM ef <1909> PREP uqhlwn <5308> A-GPM kai <2532> CONJ epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S iereiv <2409> N-APM merov <3313> N-ASN ti <5100> I-ASN ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM laou <2992> N-GSM oi <3739> R-NPM ouk <3364> ADV hsan <1510> V-IAI-3P ek <1537> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM uiwn <5207> N-GPM leui <3017> N-PRI |
| NET [draft] ITL | He built <06213> temples <01004> on the high places <01116> and appointed <06213> as priests <03548> people <05971> who <0834> were <01961> not <03808> Levites <03878> <01121> |
| HEBREW | ywl <03878> ynbm <01121> wyh <01961> al <03808> rsa <0834> Meh <05971> twuqm <07098> Mynhk <03548> veyw <06213> twmb <01116> tyb <01004> ta <0853> veyw (12:31) <06213> |
| NETBible | He built temples 1 on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural. |