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So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings. <a href="/nlt/1_kings/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> So on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a day that he himself had designated, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar at Bethel. He instituted a religious festival for Israel, and he went up to the altar to burn incense. <a href="/esv/1_kings/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he instituted a feast for the people of Israel and went up to the altar to make offerings. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/12.htm">King James Bible</a> So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/12.htm">New King James Version</a> So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, the month that he had devised in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then 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 in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then 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 in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then 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 in his own heart; and he made a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense. <a href="/amp/1_kings/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart [in defiance of God’s commandments]; and he held a feast for the Israelites and he went up to the altar to burn incense [in defiance of God’s law.] <a href="/csb/1_kings/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense. <a href="/asv/1_kings/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/erv/1_kings/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He went to his altar in Bethel to burn an offering on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [the festival] he had invented for the Israelites. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> And on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the day that he himself had set, he went to Bethel and offered a sacrifice on the altar in celebration of the festival he had instituted for the people of Israel. <a href="/isv/1_kings/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, he went up to burn incense on the altar that he had set up in Bethel, thus beginning the festival that he had made up out of his own heart for the Israelis. <a href="/msb/1_kings/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/1_kings/12.htm">NET Bible</a> On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. <a href="/web/1_kings/12.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he offers up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised from his own heart, and he makes a festival for the sons of Israel, and offers on the altar—to make incense. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he offereth up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised of his own heart, and he maketh a festival to the sons of Israel, and offereth on the altar -- to make perfume. <a href="/slt/1_kings/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he brought up upon the altar which he made in the house of God, in the fifteenth day, in the eighth month, in the month which he devised of himself; and he will make a festival to the sons of Israel: and he will go up upon the altar to burn incense.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he went up to the altar, which he had built in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast to the children of Israel, and went upon the altar to burn incense. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he ascended to the altar, which he had raised up in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the day that he had decided in his own heart. And he made a solemnity to the sons of Israel, and he ascended to the altar, so that he might burn incense. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/12.htm">New American Bible</a> Jeroboam went up to the altar he built in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month he arbitrarily chose. He established a feast for the Israelites, and he went up to the altar to burn incense. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he alone had devised; he appointed a festival for the people of Israel, and he went up to the altar to offer incense.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he went to the altar which he had made in Beth-el, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and made a feast to the children of Israel; and he went up to the altar to burn incense.<CL>After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made again from among the people priests for the temples of idols; whosoever would become a priest, he offered an offering and thus became the priest of the temple of idols. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> At full moon in the eighth month, in the month which he had devised from his heart, and he made a feast for the children of Israel and he went up upon the altar to place incense. <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 offer. <a href="/sep/1_kings/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and went up to the altar which he made in Baethel to sacrifice to the heifers which he made, and he placed in Baethel the priests of the high places which he had made. And he went up to the altar which he had made, on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, at the feast which he devised out of his own heart; and he made a feast to the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to sacrifice. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/12-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=5089" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/12.htm">Jeroboam's Idolatry</a> …32And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up. 33<a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ba·ḥă·miš·šāh (Prep-b, Art:: Number-ms) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">On the fifteenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/8066.htm" title="8066: haš·šə·mî·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Eighth (an ord. number). From shmoneh; eight.">of the eighth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">a month</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/908.htm" title="908: bā·ḏā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To devise, invent. A primitive root; to invent.">of his own choosing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/905.htm" title="905: mil·lib·baḏ (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Separation, a part. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">Jeroboam offered sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">he had set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: bə·ḇêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">in Bethel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">So he ordained</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥāḡ (N-ms) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">a feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">for the Israelites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">offered sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: lə·haq·ṭîr (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">and burned incense.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15</a> And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-9.htm">2 Chronicles 13:9</a> But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods. <a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Exodus 32:4-5</a> He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” / When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” <a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">Leviticus 23:33-34</a> And the LORD said to Moses, / “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days. <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33-34</a> Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places. / And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth. <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a> They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. <a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">2 Kings 17:21</a> When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Hosea 8:4-5</a> They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. / He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? <a href="/amos/7-10.htm">Amos 7:10-13</a> Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words, / for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’” / And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. ... <a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a> Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ... <a href="/acts/7-41.htm">Acts 7:41-42</a> At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. / But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-7.htm">1 Corinthians 10:7</a> Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” <a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8-9</a> Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. / But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>So he offered on the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast to the children of Israel: and he offered on the altar, and burnt incense.offered upon the altar.<a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32</a> 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 Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.in the month<a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Numbers 15:39</a> 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:<a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">Psalm 106:39</a> Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.<a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a> 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:he offered<a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1</a> And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.<a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm">1 Samuel 13:12</a> 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.<a href="/2_chronicles/26-6.htm">2 Chronicles 26:6</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-16.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-5.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Eighth</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Fifteenth</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Instituted</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-30.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Month</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Ordained</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">Children</a> <a href="/esther/8-3.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-29.htm">Eighth</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-23.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-23.htm">Fifteenth</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-8.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-22.htm">Instituted</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-13.htm">Month</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Ordained</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 12</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm">The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, </a> 4. <a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him</a> 6. <a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm">Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, answers them roughly</a> 16. <a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam flee</a> 21. <a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm">Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah</a> 25. <a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities</a> 26. <a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">and by idolatry of the two calves</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Jeroboam's choice of this day suggests an attempt to mimic the established religious practices of Judah, creating a counterfeit festival to rival those in Jerusalem.of the eighth month The eighth month, known as Bul in the Hebrew calendar, does not correspond to any God-ordained festival. Jeroboam's selection of this month indicates a deliberate deviation from the divinely appointed times, highlighting his rebellion against God's commands and his desire to establish his own religious system.a month of his own choosing This phrase underscores Jeroboam's autonomy and self-will in religious matters. By choosing a month of his own, Jeroboam demonstrates a disregard for divine authority, prioritizing his political agenda over spiritual obedience. This act of self-determination is a cautionary tale about the dangers of placing human wisdom above God's instructions.he offered sacrifices The act of offering sacrifices was central to Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement and communion with God. However, Jeroboam's sacrifices, performed outside of God's prescribed place and time, were illegitimate. This highlights the importance of adhering to God's commands in worship, as true worship requires both the right heart and adherence to God's instructions.on the altar he had set up in Bethel Bethel, meaning "house of God," was historically significant as a place where God appeared to Jacob. Jeroboam's establishment of an altar here was a strategic move to capitalize on Bethel's religious heritage. However, by setting up his own altar, Jeroboam corrupted its sanctity, turning it into a center of idolatry and false worship.So he ordained a festival for the Israelites Jeroboam's ordination of a festival was an attempt to unify the northern tribes under his rule and religious innovations. This man-made festival was a counterfeit of the God-ordained feasts, illustrating how human attempts to manipulate religious practices for political gain can lead to spiritual apostasy.offered sacrifices on the altar Repetition of this phrase emphasizes Jeroboam's persistence in his unauthorized religious practices. It serves as a reminder of the futility of worship that is not grounded in obedience to God. True worship requires submission to God's will, not the pursuit of personal or political agendas.and burned incense Burning incense was a priestly duty, symbolizing prayer and the presence of God. Jeroboam's unauthorized burning of incense further illustrates his usurpation of priestly roles and functions. This act of presumption serves as a warning against the dangers of assuming roles and responsibilities that God has not ordained.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) So he offered upon the altar.--The repetition of this verse is accounted for by its belonging properly in sense to the next chapter, opening the story of the mission of the "man of God from Judah." The idea of the verse would be best conveyed by rendering the verbs of this verse in the imperfect tense: "So Jeroboam was offering," &c.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 33. - So he offered [Heb. went up, as before. This verse is really the introduction to the history of the next chapter] upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised [Josephus (Ant. 7:08. 5) seems unaware that this new feast was kept at a different date from the true Feast of Tabernacles. But these words are decisive] of his own heart [The Cethib has מִלְּבֹּד by which Maurer and Keil understand מִלְּבַד ("seoreum." But qu.) But the Keri מִלּבּו is every way to be preferred, So LXX., ἀπὸ καρδίας αὑτοῦ. Similarly, <a href="/nehemiah/6-8.htm">Nehemiah 6:8</a>]; and ordered [rather, kept, celebrated] a feast unto [Heb. for] the children of Israel: and he offered [went up] upon the altar, and burnt incense [Heb. to burn, etc. The context seems to imply that it was not incense, or not incense only, but the sacrifice, or sacrificial parts of the victim, that the king burned. See on 1 Kings 13:3 (דֶּשֶׁן). And this meaning is justified by <a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm">Leviticus 1:9, 17</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/2-16.htm">1 Samuel 2:16</a>; <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Amos 4:5</a>, where the same word is used. It cannot be denied, however, that the word is generally used of incense, and it is very probable that both this and sacrifices were offered by Jeroboam on the same altar (cf. <a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8</a>). We may perhaps see in Jeroboam's ministering in person, not only the design to invest the new ordinance with exceptional interest and splendour, but also the idea of encouraging his new priests to enter on their unauthorized functions with. out fear. The history, or even the traditions, of Nadab and Abihu (<a href="/leviticus/10.htm">Leviticus 10</a>.) and of Korah and his company (<a href="/numbers/16-40.htm">Numbers 16:40</a>), and the threatenings of the law (<a href="/numbers/18-7.htm">Numbers 18:7, 22</a>, cf. <a href="/2_chronicles/26-20.htm">2 Chronicles 26:20</a>), may well have made them hesitate. To allay their fears the king undertakes to offer the first of the sacrifices. And that their fears of a Divine interposition were not groundless the sequel shows.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/12-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On the fifteenth בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh) Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five day יוֹם֙ (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of the eighth הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י (haš·šə·mî·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8066.htm">Strong's 8066: </a> Eighth (an ordinal number) month, בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month a month בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month of his own choosing, בָּדָ֣א (bā·ḏā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_908.htm">Strong's 908: </a> To devise, invent [Jeroboam] offered sacrifices וַיַּ֜עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively on עַֽל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ ׀ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar he had set up עָשָׂ֣ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in Bethel. אֵ֗ל (’êl) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah So he ordained וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make a festival חָג֙ (ḥāḡ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast for the Israelites, לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son offered sacrifices וַיַּ֥עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the altar, הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar and burned incense. לְהַקְטִֽיר׃ (lə·haq·ṭîr) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 12:33 He went up to the altar which (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 12:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 12:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 13:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 13:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>