1 Kings 13:33
ContextA 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
Context22:31 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.”