'Common People' in the Bible

After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

and they brought Uriah back from there. They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," but others, "He deceives the common people."