² He did evil^(A) in the eyes of the Lord by following the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit, and he did not turn away from them.

²⁶ Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. ²⁷ If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem,^(A) they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.”

²⁸ After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.^(B) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”^{(C) 29} One he set up in Bethel,^(D) and the other in Dan.^{(E) 30} And this thing became a sin;^(F) the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.^[a]

³¹ Jeroboam built shrines^(G) on high places and appointed priests^(H) from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. ³² He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth^(I) month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel,^(J) sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made. ³³ On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel.^(K) So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.

¹⁶ And he will give Israel up because of the sins^(A) Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

¹¹ He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he continued in them.

²⁹ However, he did not turn away from the sins^(A) of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves^(B) at Bethel^(C) and Dan.