²⁷ Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.

¹³ Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.

³¹ And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.

² And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you.

¹⁵ And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.