1 Kings 13 · Verse 33

1 Kings 13:33

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.
1 Kings 13:33, King James Version

1 Kings 13:33 in other translations

BSBEven 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.
WEBAfter this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
ASVAfter this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
YLTAfter this thing Jeroboam hath not turned from his evil way, and turneth back, and maketh of the extremities of the people priests of high places; he who is desirous he consecrateth his hand, and he is of the priests of the high places.
DARBYAfter this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made again from all classes of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
BBEAfter this Jeroboam, not turning back from his evil ways, still made priests for his altars from among all the people; he made a priest of anyone desiring it, so that there might be priests of the high places.
WebsterAfter this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

What does 1 Kings 13:33 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Jeroboam 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 idolatry that he did not even attempt to form any thing according to the model of God's true worship: he would have nothing like God and truth. In his calves, or rather oxen, he copied the manner of Egypt; and in the formation of his priesthood, he seems to have gone aside from all models. Amongst the worst of heathens, the priesthood was filled with respectable men; but Jeroboam took of the lowest of the people, and put them in that office. Whosoever would, he consecrated him - He made no discrimination: any vagabond that offered was accepted even of those who had no character, who were too idle to work, and too stupid to learn.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 13:23-34

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…

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1 Kings 13:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַחַר֙'a.CharafterH310
הַדָּבָ֣רha.da.Varthe matterH1697
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
שָׁ֥בshavhe turned backH7725
יָרָבְעָ֖םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹmi.dar.Kofrom way hisH1870
הָרָעָ֑הha.ra.'Ah<the> evilH7451
וַ֠יָּשָׁבvai.ya.shoand he returnedH7725
וַיַּ֜עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he appointedH6213
מִקְצ֤וֹתmik.Tzotfrom [the] ends ofH7098
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
כֹּהֲנֵ֣יko.ha.Neipriests ofH3548
בָמ֔וֹתva.Mothigh placesH1116
הֶֽחָפֵץ֙he.cha.Fetzthe [one] desiringH2655
יְמַלֵּ֣אye.ma.Le'he filledH4390
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָד֔וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
וִיהִ֖יvi.Hiand he may beH1961
כֹּהֲנֵ֥יko.ha.Neipriests ofH3548
בָמֽוֹת\׃va.Mothigh placesH1116

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Cross references for 1 Kings 13:33

  • 2 Chronicles 11:15

    And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:9

    Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

  • Numbers 3:10

    And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

  • Numbers 17:5

    And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

  • 1 Kings 12:31-33

    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. And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made. So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

  • Amos 6:11

    For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • 2 Timothy 3:13

    But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

  • Numbers 17:12-13

    And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

  • Numbers 1:51

    And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

  • Psalms 78:34

    When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

  • Exodus 28:41

    And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

  • Jeremiah 18:4

    And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3030-3050. B.C. 974-954. Jeroboam.
12:31-33; 2Ch 11:15; 13:9; Am 6:11
made again. Heb. returned and made.
Ps 78:34; Jer 18:4; *marg:
2Ti 3:13
whosoever.
Nu 1:51; 3:10; 17:5,12,13
consecrated him. Heb. filled his hand.
Ex 28:41; *marg:
Jud 17:12

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Context

  • 1 Kings 13:32

    For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth–el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • 1 Kings 13:33

    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.

  • 1 Kings 13:34

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

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1 Kings 13:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después de esto no se tornó Jeroboam de su mal camino: antes volvió á hacer sacerdotes de los altos de la clase del pueblo, y quien quería se consagraba, y era de los sacerdotes de los altos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Après cela, Jéroboam ne revint pas de sa mauvaise voie; et il établit encore, d’entre toutes les classes du peuple, des sacrificateurs des hauts lieux. Quiconque le désirait, il le consacrait, et il devenait sacrificateur des hauts lieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Nach dieser Begebenheit kehrte Jerobeam nicht um von seinem bösen Wege; und er machte wiederum aus sämtlichem Volke Priester der Höhen: wer Lust hatte, den weihte er, daß er ein Priester der Höhen würde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Post verba hæc non est reversus Jeroboam de via sua pessima, sed e contrario fecit de novissimis populi sacerdotes excelsorum: quicumque volebat, implebat manum suam, et fiebat sacerdos excelsorum.