1 Kings 16:2
16:2 “I raised you up
from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps
and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.
1 Kings 16:7
16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the
Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the
Lord.
His actions angered the
Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s.
1 Kings 16:19
16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of
the
Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning.
1 Kings 12:26-33
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.
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 13:33-34
A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty
13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
13:34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.