²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

¹³ Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

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.

² And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

¹⁵ And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.