1 Kings 12:32

12:32 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.

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ⁴  But I despise ⁵  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ⁶  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

[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.”

[22:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ⁵ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ⁶ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.