1 Kings 12:29–13:1

²⁹He set up one in Bethel, ^sand put the other in Dan. ^t30This led to sin; ^uthe people walked in procession before one of the calves all the way to Dan. ^vw

³¹Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places ^xand set up priests from every class of people who were not Levites. ^y32Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah. ^zHe offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up. ^a33He offered sacrifices on ^bthe altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. ^cHe made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense. ^d

Judgment on Jeroboam

13A man of God ^ecame from Judah to Bethel by a revelation from the Lord while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense. ^f