25 Jer·o·boʹam then built up* Sheʹchem+ in the mountainous region of Eʹphra·im and lived there. From there he went out and built up* Pe·nuʹel.+

31 And he made houses of worship on the high places and appointed priests from the people in general, those who were not Levites.+

32 The word that he called out by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Bethʹel and against all the houses of worship on the high places+ in the cities of Sa·marʹi·a is sure to take place.”+

9 The Israelites were pursuing the things that were not right according to Jehovah their God. They kept building high places in all their cities,+ from watchtower to fortified city.*