³¹ Jeroboam also made shrines^[a] on the high places^(A) and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.^{(B) 32} Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah.^(C) He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had made.^(D)

³³ Even after this,^(A) Jeroboam did not repent^(B) of his evil way but again made priests for the high places from the ranks of the people.^(C) He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.^(D)