1 Kings 12:32
New English Translation
32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month,[a] like the festival celebrated in Judah.[b] On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made.[c] In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
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- 1 Kings 12:32 sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.
- 1 Kings 12:32 sn The festival 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.
- 1 Kings 12:32 tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”
1 Kings 12:32-33
Living Bible
32-33 Jeroboam also announced that the annual Tabernacle Festival would be held at Bethel on the first of November[a] (a date he decided upon himself), similar to the annual festival at Jerusalem; he himself offered sacrifices upon the altar to the calves at Bethel and burned incense to them. And it was there at Bethel that he ordained priests for the shrines on the hills.
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- 1 Kings 12:32 on the first of November, literally, “on the fifteenth day of the eighth month” (of the Hebrew calendar). This was a month later than the annual celebration in Jerusalem, which God had ordained.
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