Discovery Box1 Kings 12:32-33
Context12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 1 like the festival celebrated in Judah. 2 On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. 3 In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 4 Jeroboam 5 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 6 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1 Kings 12:2
Context12:2 7 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. 8
1 Kings 1:18
Context1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, 9 my master the king, are not even aware of it! 10
[12:32] 1 sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.
[12:32] 2 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] 3 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] 4 tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”
[12:33] 5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:33] 6 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[12:2] 7 tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.
[12:2] 8 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).
[1:18] 9 tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew
