1 Kings 12:31-33
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.
1 Kings 12:2
12:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
1 Kings 11:15
11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom,
Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.
1 Kings 13:9
13:9 For the
Lord gave me strict orders,
‘Do not eat or drink
there and do not go home the way you came.’”
Amos 6:11
6:11 Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command.
He will smash the large house to bits,
and the small house into little pieces.