1 Kings 13:33

1 Kings 13:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
• New International Version (NIV)Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. Any who would, he ordained to be priests of the high places.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Context of 1 Kings 13:33

31After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones, 32for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.” Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places. 34And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

1 Kings 13:33 word by word

אַחַר֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לֹֽא־שָׁ֥ב יָרָבְעָ֖ם מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֑ה וַ֠יָּשָׁב וַיַּ֜עַשׂ מִקְצ֤וֹת הָעָם֙ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י בָמ֔וֹת הֶֽחָפֵץ֙ יְמַלֵּ֣א אֶת־יָד֔וֹ וִיהִ֖י כֹּהֲנֵ֥י בָמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Even afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• theseזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• eventsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• did notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• repentשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• of his evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• but againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• he appointedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• for the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• from every classקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098
• of peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• He ordainedמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• ·יָדyâd · hand: donateH3027
• anyone who desiredחָפֵץchâphêts · delightingH2655
• to beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961

Cross-references for 1 Kings 13:33

• 1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
• 2 Chronicles 11:15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
• 2 Chronicles 13:9But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.
• Amos 6:11For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
• Psalms 78:34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
• Jeremiah 18:4But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
• 2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Numbers 1:1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
• Numbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
• Numbers 17:5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
• Numbers 12:13So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
• Exodus 28:41After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
• Judges 17:12Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 13:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Jeroboam returned not from his evil way - There is something exceedingly obstinate and perverse, as well as blinding and infatuating, in idolatry. The prediction lately delivered at Beth-el, and the miracles wrought in confirmation of it, were surely sufficient to have affected and alarmed any heart, not wholly and incorrigibly hardened; and yet they had no effect on Jeroboam! Made - the lowest of the people priests - So hardy was this bad man in his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Whosoever would, he consecrated him - i. e., he exercised no discretion, but allowed anyone to become a priest, without regard to birth, character, or social position. We may suspect from this that the office was not greatly sought, since no civil governor who cared to set up a priesthood would wish to degrade it in public estimation. Jeroboam did impose one limitation, which would have excluded the very poorest class. The candidate for consecration was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-34Verses 23-34 God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he employs, strictly to observe their orders. We cannot judge of men by their sufferings, nor of sins by present punishments; with some, the flesh is destroyed, that the spirit may be saved; with others, the flesh is pampered, that the soul may ripen for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-34Jeroboam knew what happened to the man of God, but it did not change his beliefs. His continued false religion, despite God's warnings, led to the downfall of his family line (1 Kings 14:7–11, 15–16; 15:27–30). Later Israelite kings followed his sinful ways, which eventually caused the northern kingdom to collapse (2 Kings 17:20–23).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 13:33

• Jeroboam
• Priest
• Rulers
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Jeroboam
• Cast
• Bethel
• Chronicles, Books of
• Consecrate; Consecration
• High Place
• Iddo
• Jadon
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Way

Commentaries on 1 Kings 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings