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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines.

Context of 1 Kings 13:33

31After burying him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. 32For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.” 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. 34This was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• this thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• not from his evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• but madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• of the lowestקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• of the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• whosoever wouldחָפֵץchâphêts · delightingH2655
• he consecratedיָדyâd · hand: donateH3027
• he consecratedמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for 1 Kings 13:33

• 1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
• 2 Chronicles 11:15when he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat and calf idols he had made.
• 2 Chronicles 13:9But didn’t you drive out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.
• Amos 6:11For the Lord has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.
• Psalms 78:34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
• Jeremiah 18:4But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
• 2 Timothy 3:13while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Numbers 1:1The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
• Numbers 3:10Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”
• Numbers 17:5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites.”
• Numbers 12:13So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!”
• Exodus 28:41After you put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
• Judges 17:12Then Micah installed 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