2 Koningen 17:32

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Zij vereerden den Heer en stelden zich uit alle standen hoogtepriesters aan, die voor hen dienst deden in de hoogtetempels;

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En dewijl zij den Heer k dienden, maakten zij zich priesters der hoogten uit alle standen des volks, en die offerden voor hen in de huizen op de hoogten.

Staten Vertaling
Ook vreesden zij den HEERE, en maakten zich van hun geringsten priesteren der hoogten, dewelke voor hen dienst deden in de huizen der hoogten.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made unto themselves: 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:33

the houses: 2 Kings 17:29, 2 Kings 23:19, 1 Kings 13:31

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:25 - they feared 2 Kings 17:41 - these nations Jonah 1:9 - and I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So they feared the Lord,.... Worshipped the God of Israel in the manner they were taught:

and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places; these were made after the manner of Jeroboam's priests, 1 Kings 12:31, and were to sacrifice to the God of Israel in the high places, and temples built there; for otherwise they had, no doubt, priests of their own to sacrifice to their gods, and which they brought with them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of the lowest of them - Rather, “from all ranks.” See marginal reference note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. Of the lowest of them priests — One priest was not enough for this motley population; and, as the priesthood was probably neither respectable nor lucrative, it was only the lowest of the people who would enter into the employment.