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 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

31So it was, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. 32For the saying which he cried out by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines on the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass.” 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. 34And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to exterminate and destroy it 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 12:31He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
• 2 Chronicles 11:15Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made.
• 2 Chronicles 13:9Have you not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests, like the peoples of other lands, so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of things that are not gods?
• Amos 6:11For behold, the Lord gives a command: He will break the great house into bits, And the little house into pieces.
• Psalms 78:34When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
• Jeremiah 18:4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
• 2 Timothy 3:13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Numbers 1:1Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:
• Numbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
• Numbers 17:5And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, which they make against you.”
• Numbers 12:13So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “Please heal her, O God, I pray!”
• Exodus 28:41So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
• Judges 17:12So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and lived in the house of Micah.

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