1 Kings 12:19-33

19So IsraelH3478 rebelledH6586 against the houseH1004 of DavidH1732 unto this dayH3117. 20And it came to pass, when all IsraelH3478 heardH8085 that JeroboamH3379 wasH1961 returnedH7725, that they sentH7971 and calledH7121 him unto the congregationH5712, and made him kingH4427 over all IsraelH3478: there wasH1961 none that followed the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, but the tribeH7626 of JudahH3063 onlyH905.

21And when RehoboamH7346 was comeH935 to JerusalemH3389, he assembledH6950 all the houseH1004 of JudahH3063, and the tribeH7626 of BenjaminH1144, a hundredH3967 and fourscore thousandH505 chosen menH970, that were warriors, to fightH3898 against the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, to bringH935 the kingdom again to RehoboamH7346 the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010. 22But the wordH1697 of GodH430 came unto ShemaiahH8098 the manH376 of GodH430, sayingH559, 23Speak unto RehoboamH7346 the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, and unto all the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, and to the restH3499 of the peopleH5971, sayingH559, 24ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, Ye shall not goH5927 up, nor fightH3898 against your brethren the children of IsraelH3478: returnH7725 every manH376 to his houseH1004; for this thingH1697 is of me. So they hearkened unto the wordH1697 of Jehovah, and returnedH7725 and wentH5927 their way, according to the wordH1697 of Jehovah.

25Then JeroboamH3379 builtH1129 ShechemH7927 in the hill-country of EphraimH669, and dweltH3427 therein; and he wentH3318 out from thence, and builtH1129 PenuelH6439. 26And JeroboamH3379 saidH559 in his heartH3820, NowH6258 will the kingdomH4467 returnH7725 to the houseH1004 of DavidH1732: 27if this peopleH5971 goH5927 up to offerH5927 sacrificesH2077 in the houseH1004 of Jehovah at JerusalemH3389, then will the heartH3820 of this peopleH5971 turnH7725 again unto their lord, even unto RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063; and they will killH2026 me, and returnH7725 to RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063. 28Whereupon the kingH4428 took counselH3289, and madeH6213 twoH8147 calvesH5695 of goldH2091; and he saidH559 unto them, It is tooH7227 muchH7227 for you to goH5927 up to JerusalemH3389: behold thy godsH430, O IsraelH3478, which broughtH5927 thee up out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 29And he setH7760 the oneH259 in Beth-el, and the other putH5414 he in DanH1835. 30And this thingH1697 becameH1961 a sinH2403; for the peopleH5971 went to worship before the oneH259, even unto DanH1835. 31And he madeH6213 housesH1004 of highH1116 placesH1116, and madeH6213 priestsH3548 from among all the peopleH5971, that were not of the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878. 32And JeroboamH3379 ordained a feastH2282 in the eighthH8066 monthH2320, on the fifteenth dayH3117 of the monthH2320, like unto the feastH2282 that is in JudahH3063, and he wentH5927 up unto the altarH4196; soH3651 did he in Beth-el, sacrificingH2076 unto the calvesH5695 that he had madeH6213: and he placed in Beth-el the priestsH3548 of the highH1116 placesH1116 that he had madeH6213. 33And he wentH5927 up unto the altarH4196 which he had madeH6213 in Beth-el on the fifteenth dayH3117 in the eighthH8066 monthH2320, even in the monthH2320 which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feastH2282 for the children of IsraelH3478, and wentH5927 up unto the altarH4196, to burn incenseH6999.