1 Kings 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; 1  he continued to appoint common people 2  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. 3 

1 Kings 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; 4  fight only the king of Israel.”

1 tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

2 sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

3 tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

4 tn Heb “small or great.”