1 Kings 12:29–13:1

²⁹He set up one in Bethel,^g and put the other in Dan.^{h 30}This led to sin;ⁱ the people walked in procession before one of the calves all the way to Dan.^Cj

³¹Jeroboam also made shrines^D on the high places^k and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.^{l 32}Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah.^m He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had made.^{n 33}He offered sacrifices on^E the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own.^o He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.^p

JUDGMENT ON JEROBOAM

13A man of God^q came, however, from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense.^r