Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">He built temples<n id="1" /> on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

<t /><p class="bodytext">One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, &#8220;Wound me!&#8221;<n id="1" /> But the man refused to wound him.