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He also madeוַיַּעַשׂa houseבֵּיתof high places,בָּמוֹתand madeוַיַּעַשׂpriestsכֹּהֲנִיםfrom among allמִקְצוֹתthe people,הָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere notלֹא הָיוּof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Levi.לֵוִי
1 Kings 12:31
Study it in the app“He also made a house of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 12:31, word by word
- He also madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- a houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of high placesבָּמוֹתbamot
high place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” appears- priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohanim” appears- from among allקְצוֹתketsot
all
All those who make up a group, taken from among them.
Where else “ketsot” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- were notהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appears
Translation note
“From among all the people”: literally “from the ends of the people,” that is, from any part of it. The law reserved the priesthood for the descendants of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi (Numbers 3:10).
The context
30And this thing became a sin; and the people went before the one as far as Dan.
31 · This verse (above)
32Jeroboam held a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that was in Judah, and he went up to the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.