1 Kings 12:31-33

12:31 He built temples ¹  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, ²  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ³  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ⁴  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) ⁵  Jeroboam ⁶  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ⁷  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ⁸  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. ⁹ 

1 Kings 11:15

11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom, ¹⁰  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, ¹¹  ‘Do not eat or drink ¹²  there and do not go home the way you came.’”

Amos 6:11

6:11 Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. ¹³ 

He will smash the large house to bits,

and the small house into little pieces.

[12:31]  ¹ tn 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.

[12:32]  ² sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

[12:32]  ³ sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.

[12:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”

[12:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

[12:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:33]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[12:2]  ⁸ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

[12:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

[11:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “when David was [fighting (?)] with Edom.”

[13:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying.”

[13:9]  ¹² tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[6:11]  ¹³ tn Or “is issuing the decree.”