²⁹He put one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. ³⁰This thing became a sin, and the people walked before the one as far as Dan. ³¹Then he built the houses on the high places, and he appointed priests from all walks of lifeⁿ who were not from the sons of Levi. ³²Jeroboam also inaugurated a religious feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the religious feast which was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. Thus he did in Bethel, by sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. ³³He offered sacrifices on the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month which his heart had devised. He inaugurated a religious feast for the Israelites,^o and he went up to the altar to offer incense.

A Man of God Proclaims Judgment against the False Altar

13Suddenly a man of God from Judah came to Bethel, by the word of Yahweh, while Jeroboam was standing at the altar to offer incense.

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Footnotes

nLiterally “from the fringes of the people”
oLiterally “sons/children of Israel”