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Text -- 1 Kings 12:29-33 (NET)
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12:29 He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan .
12:30 This caused Israel to sin ; the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves.
12:31 He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites .
12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month , like the festival celebrated in Judah . On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made . In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made .
A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel
12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen ) Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel . He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
BETHEL |
Idolatry |
Jeroboam |
Altar |
Aholah |
Calf |
Ephraim, The tribe of |
Church and State |
Israel |
Statecraft |
Rulers |
Religion |
TEMPLE, A1 |
Beth-el |
CALF, GOLDEN |
KINGS, BOOKS OF |
ADONIRAM |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
HIGH PLACE |
Month |
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NET Notes: 1Ki 12:30 The MT reads “and the people went before the one to Dan.” It is likely that some words have been accidentally omitted and that the text or...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 12:31 The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.
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NET Notes: 1Ki 12:32 Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”
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