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1 Kings 12:25-33 — Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan
1Kgs.12.25-33
25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived in it. And he went out from there and built Penuel. 26And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. 27If this people goes up to offer 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 took counsel, and he made two golden calves. And he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” 29He set one calf in Bethel , and the other he put in Dan. 30And this thing became a sin, for the people went before the one calf as far as Dan. 31He also made shrines on high places, and appointed priests from among all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. 32And Jeroboam ordained a festival in the eighth month , on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that was in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he installed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made. 33He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he ordained a festival for the Israelites, and he went up to the altar to burn incense.
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4/11/2026
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