Reign of Jeroboam I

Scripture

• 1 Kings 12:20

  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.

• 1 Kings 12:25

  Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

• 1 Kings 12:26

  And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

• 1 Kings 12:27

  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.

• 1 Kings 12:28

  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, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• 1 Kings 12:29

  And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.

• 1 Kings 12:30

  And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

• 1 Kings 12:31

  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.

• 1 Kings 12:32

  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 Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.

• 1 Kings 12:33

  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 unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

• 1 Kings 13:1

  And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

• 1 Kings 13:2

  And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

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