1 Kings 12:33

31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

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BSB
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
KJV
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
WEB
He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
ASV
And he went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up unto the altar, to burn incense.
DARBY
And he offered upon the altar that he had made in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he made a feast for the children of Israel, and he offered upon the altar, burning incense.
BLB
And he made offerings on the altar that he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he had devised in his own heart, and he ordained a feast for the sons of Israel and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense.
ÅB
og han ofret på det alter han hadde gjort i Betel, den femtende dag i den åttende måned, den måned som han hadde valgt etter sitt eget hode. Da holdt han en fest for Israels barn og ofret på alteret og brant røkelse.
[^1]: 3MO 23, 34.
OTB
Så gikk han opp til alteret som han hadde laget i Betel på den femtende dagen i den åttende måneden, i måneden som han hadde funnet på i sitt eget hjerte; og han innstiftet en fest for Israels sønner, og gikk opp til alteret for å brenne røkelse.
B1930
og han ofret på det alter han hadde gjort i Betel, den femtende dag i den åttende måned, den måned som han hadde valgt efter sitt eget hode. Da holdt han en fest for Israels barn og ofret på alteret og brente røkelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 13:1

    Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.

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  • Numbers 15:39

    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:6

    Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

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  • Matthew 15:6

    he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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  • Mark 7:13

    Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

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  • Isaiah 29:13

    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:12

    I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

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  • Psalms 106:39

    They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

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