Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

you whom I am bringing back from the earth’s extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions – I told you, “You are my servant.” I have chosen you and not rejected you.

After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.