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31 It happened after he buried him that he said to his sons, “When I die, you shall bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; you shall lay my bones beside his bones. 32 For surely, the thing which he proclaimed by the word of Yahweh against the altar which is in Bethel will happen, as it will against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria.”

Jeroboam Continues in His Sin

33 After this event, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but he returned and again made priests for the high places of people from all walks of life.[a] He filled his hand with all his desire and became one of the priests of the high places himself.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:33 Literally “from the fringes of the people”

31 After 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(A) beside his bones. 32 For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places(B) in the towns of Samaria(C) will certainly come true.”(D)

33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways,(E) but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts(F) of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.

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