1Kings:12:25-33
nsb@1Kings:12:25 @ King Jeroboam of Israel fortified the town of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there for a while. Then he left and fortified the town of Penuel.
nsb@1Kings:12:26 @ He thought to himself: »The way things are my people will go to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices to Jehovah at the Temple there.
nsb@1Kings:12:27 @ »They will transfer their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah and will kill me.«
nsb@1Kings:12:28 @ After asking for advice, the king made two golden calves. He said: You have been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.
nsb@1Kings:12:29 @ He placed one in Bethel and the other in Daniel.
nsb@1Kings:12:30 @ This became Israels sin, worshiping the golden calves. The people went as far as Dan to worship the one calf.
nsb@1Kings:12:31 @ Jeroboam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests.
nsb@1Kings:12:32 @ Jeroboam appointed a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the festival in Judah. He went to the altar in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He appointed priests from the illegal worship sites to serve in Bethel.
nsb@1Kings:12:33 @ He went to his altar in Bethel to burn an offering on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the festival he invented for the Israelites.
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