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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Kings 12 NKJV KJV Parallel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newp.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../../topmenuchap/1_kings/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/1_kings/">1 Kings</a> > 1 Kings 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/11.shtml" title="1 Kings 11">◄</a> 1 Kings 12 <a href="../1_kings/13.shtml" title="1 Kings 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">NKJV Parallel KJV <a href="../../bsb/1_kings/12.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/1_kings/12.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/1_kings/12.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/1_kings/12.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/1_kings/12.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/1_kings/12.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/1_kings/12.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/1_kings/12.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/1_kings/12.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/1_kings/12.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/1_kings/12.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New King James Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard <i>it</i> (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard <i>of it</i>, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So he said to them, “Depart <i>for</i> three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto them, Depart yet <i>for</i> three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise <i>me</i> to answer these people?”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, <i>and</i> which stood before him:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make <i>it</i> lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little <i>finger</i> shall be thicker than my father’s waist!<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou <i>it</i> lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little <i>finger</i> shall be thicker than my father's loins.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’ ”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father <i>also</i> chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn <i>of events</i> was from the LORD, that He might fulfill His word, which the LORD had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: “What share have we in David? <i>We have</i> no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!” So Israel departed to their tents.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither <i>have we</i> inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But <i>as for</i> the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who <i>was</i> in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who <i>was</i> over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen <i>men</i> who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me.” ’ ” Therefore they obeyed the word of the LORD, and turned back, according to the word of the LORD.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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, <i>even</i> unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <i>of</i> gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now this thing became a sin, for the people went <i>to worship</i> before the one as far as Dan.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And this thing became a sin: for the people went <i>to worship</i> before the one, <i>even</i> unto Dan.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that <i>was</i> in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that <i>is</i> 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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, <i>even</i> 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.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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