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31 When they had buried the man, the old prophet said to his sons, ‘When I die, bury me in the same grave where we buried the servant of God. Put my bones there, beside his bones. 32 The Lord's message that he spoke will certainly become true. He spoke against the altar in Bethel and against all the altars on the hills of Samaria's towns.’[a]

33 Even after this happened, Jeroboam did not stop doing evil things. He chose ordinary people to be priests for the altars on the hills. If somebody wanted to become a priest, Jeroboam agreed to make him a priest.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:32 Samaria is another name for the kingdom of Israel in the north that Jeroboam ruled.
  2. 13:33 God's Law said that only Levites who were descendants of Aaron could be priests.