1Kings:12:26-33
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And Jeroboam said in his heart ,
Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David :
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If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem ,
then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord ,
even unto Rehoboam king of Judah ,
and they shall kill me ,
and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah .
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Whereupon the king took counsel ,
and made two calves of gold ,
and said unto them ,
It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem :
behold thy gods ,
O Israel Yisra #
el #,
which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt .
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And he set the one in Bethel Beyth -#
El #,
and the other put he in Dan .
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And this thing became a sin chatta #
ah #:
for the people went to worship before the one ,
even unto Dan .
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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 .
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month ,
on the fifteenth chamesh #
day of the month ,
like unto the feast that is in Judah ,
and he offered upon the altar .
So did he in Bethel Beyth -#
El #,
sacrificing unto the calves that he had made :
and he placed in Bethel Beyth -#
El #
the priests of the high places which he had made .
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So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel Beyth -#
El #
the fifteenth chamesh #
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 Yisra #
el #:
and he offered upon the altar ,
and burnt incense .