1 Kings 12:31
1 Kings 12:31 New International Version (NIV)
Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
1 Kings 12:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.
1 Kings 12:31-33 The Message (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. To top it off, he created a holy New Year festival to be held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month to replace the one in Judah, complete with worship offered on the Altar at Bethel and sacrificing before the calves he had set up there. He staffed Bethel with priests from the local shrines he had made. This was strictly his own idea to compete with the feast in Judah; and he carried it off with flair, a festival exclusively for Israel, Jeroboam himself leading the worship at the Altar.
1 Kings 12:31 King James Version (KJV)
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 12:31 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 12:31 New Century Version (NCV)
Jeroboam built temples on the places of worship. He also chose priests from all the people, not just from the tribe of Levi.
1 Kings 12:31 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 12:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.