1 Kings 12:15-16
12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the
Lord was instigating this turn of events
so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made
through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
12:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.
1 Kings 12:26-32
12:26 Jeroboam then thought to himself:
“Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.
12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the
Lord’s temple in Jerusalem,
their loyalty could shift to their former master,
King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers,
he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,
“It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
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.