1 Kings 12:31

house. a temple. Not merely "high places".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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³¹ And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 12:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 12:31