Micah said, "Now that I have a Levite as my priest, I know that the LORD will make things go well for me."

Jeroboam also built places of worship on hilltops, and he chose priests from families who were not of the tribe of Levi.

Following the LORD's command, the prophet denounced the altar: "O altar, altar, this is what the LORD says: A child, whose name will be Josiah, will be born to the family of David. He will slaughter on you the priests serving at the pagan altars who offer sacrifices on you, and he will burn human bones on you."

Jeroboam appointed priests of his own to serve at the pagan places of worship and to worship demons and the idols he made in the form of bull-calves.