1 Kings 12:19-33

19So toH5704 thisH2088 dayH3117 IsraelH3478 has been in rebellionH6586 against the houseH1004 of DavidH1732.

20When allH3605 IsraelH3478 heardH1961H8085 thatH3588 JeroboamH3379 had returnedH7725, they summonedH7971H7121 himH853 toH413 the assemblyH5712 and made him kingH4427 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478. OnlyH3808H2108 the tribeH7626 of JudahH3063 followedH310 the houseH1004 of DavidH1732.

21And when RehoboamH7346 arrivedH935 in JerusalemH3389, he mobilizedH6950 the wholeH3605 houseH1004 of JudahH3063 and the tribeH7626 of BenjaminH1144—180,000H3967H8084H505 chosenH977H6213 warriorsH4421—to fightH3898 againstH5973 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and restoreH7725 the kingdomH4410 to RehoboamH7346 sonH1121 of SolomonH8010.

22But the wordH1697 of GodH430 cameH1961 toH413 ShemaiahH8098 the manH376 of GodH430: 23“TellH559H413 RehoboamH7346 sonH1121 of SolomonH8010 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, allH3605 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, and the restH3499 of the peopleH5971H559 24that this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559: ‘You are notH3808 to go upH5927H3808 and fightH3898 againstH5973 your brothersH251, the IsraelitesH1121H3478. EachH376 of you must returnH7725 homeH1004, forH3588 thisH2088 isH1961 MyH854 doingH1697.’”

So they listenedH8085 to the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 and turned backH7725H1980 according to the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068.

25Then JeroboamH3379 builtH1129 ShechemH7927 in the hill countryH2022 of EphraimH669 and lived thereH3427. And from thereH8033 he went outH3318 and builtH1129 PenuelH6439.1

26JeroboamH3379 saidH559 in his heartH3820, “NowH6258 the kingdomH4467 might revertH7725 to the houseH1004 of DavidH1732. 27IfH518 theseH2088 peopleH5971 go upH5927 to offerH6213 sacrificesH2077 in the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 at JerusalemH3389, their heartsH3820H5971H2088 will returnH7725 toH413 their lordH113, RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063; then they will kill meH2026 and returnH7725 toH413 RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063.”

28After seeking adviceH3289, the kingH4428 madeH6213 twoH8147 goldenH2091 calvesH5695 and saidH559 to the peopleH413,2 “Going upH5927 to JerusalemH3389 is too muchH7227 for you. HereH2009, O IsraelH3478, are your godsH430, whoH834 brought you upH5927 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.”

29OneH259 calf he set upH7760 in BethelH1008, and the otherH259 in DanH1835. 30And thisH2088 thingH1697 becameH1961 a sinH2403; the peopleH5971 walkedH1980 as far asH5704 DanH1835 to worship beforeH6440 oneH259 of the calves.3

31Jeroboam also builtH6213 shrinesH1004 on the high placesH1116 and appointedH6213 from every classH7098 of peopleH5971 priestsH3548 whoH834 wereH1961 notH3808 LevitesH1121H3878. 32And JeroboamH3379 ordainedH6213 a feastH2282 on the fifteenthH2568H6240 dayH3117 of the eighthH8066 monthH2320,4 like the feastH2282 thatH834 was in JudahH3063, and he offered sacrificesH5927 onH5921 the altarH4196; he madeH6213 thisH3651 offering in BethelH1008 to sacrificeH2076 to the calvesH5695 he had set upH6213, and he installedH5975 priestsH1008H3548 in BethelH1008 for the high placesH1116 he had set upH6213.

33On the fifteenthH2568H6240 dayH3117 of the eighthH8066 monthH2320, a monthH2320 of his own choosingH908H905, Jeroboam offered sacrificesH5927 onH5921 the altarH4196 he had set upH6213 in BethelH1008. So he ordainedH6213 a feastH2282 for the IsraelitesH1121H3478, offered sacrificesH5927 onH5921 the altarH4196, and burned incenseH6999.