1 Kings 12:33

31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 13:1

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

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  • Numbers 15:39

    And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:6

    And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

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  • Matthew 15:6

    And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

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  • Mark 7:13

    Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

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  • Isaiah 29:13

    Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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  • 1 Samuel 13:12

    Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

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  • Psalms 106:39

    Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

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