1 Kings 12:25-33

25Then 1Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived 2there. And he went out from there and built 3Penuel.

26And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

274If this people go up to 5offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

28So the king 6consulted, and he 7made two golden 8calves; and he said to 9the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; 10behold your gods, Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

29And he set up 11one in 12Bethel, and the other he put in 13Dan.

30Now 14this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

31And 15he made houses on high places, and 1617appointed priests from 18all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.

32Jeroboam also 19instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, 20like the feast that is in Judah, and he 21went up to the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made. And he stationed in Bethel 22the priests of the high places which he had made.

33Then he 23went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, the month that he had 2425devised 26in his own heart; and he 27instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and 28went up to the altar 29to burn 30incense.