12:31 He built temples 4 on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.
1 tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).
2 sn Because of this. Reference is made to the idolatry mentioned earlier.
3 tn Heb “but not all the days.”
4 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.