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1 Kings 12:32

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And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 went up unto 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 that he had made.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 1 Kings 12

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Ordained a feast - The Jews held their feast of tabernacles on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; Jeroboam, who would meet the prejudices of the people as far as he could, appointed a similar feast on the fifteenth of the eighth month; thus appearing to hold the thing while he subverted the ordinance.

This site's exposition

like the feast that was in Judah

on 1 Kings 12:32-33

Jeroboam sets his feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, one month after the Feast of Tabernacles the law fixed for the seventh. He offers on the altar at Bethel himself, king and priest at once, the act for which Uzziah was later struck with leprosy in Judah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

So he would keep God's feast, not in God's time, which was the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and so onward, Levit xxiii, 34, but on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. And this alteration he made, either, 1. to keep up the difference between his subjects, and those of Judah as by the differing manners, so by the distinct times of their worship.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And thus, [1.] Jeroboam sinned himself, yet perhaps excused himself to the world and his own conscience with this, that he did not do so ill as Solomon did, who worshipped other gods. [2.] He made Israel to sin, drew them off from the worship of God and entailed idolatry upon their seed.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Sin is a bad way of building up a family. Rehoboam was the son of the wisest of men, yet did not inherit his father's wisdom, and then it stood him in little stead to inherit his father's throne. Neither wisdom nor grace runs in the blood.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The latter place was the most frequented--for the words (1Ki 12:30) should be rendered, "the people even to Dan went to worship before the one" (Jer 48:13; The innovation was a sin because it was setting up the worship of God by symbols and images and departing from the place where He had chosen to put His name.

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1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A feast - Intended as a substitute for the Feast of tabernacles (marginal reference “c”). It may also have assumed the character of a feast of dedication, held at the same time, after the example of Solomon 1Ki 8:2. His object in changing the month from the seventh to the eighth, and yet keeping the day of the month, is not clear. Perhaps it was on account of the later vintage of the more northern regions. It is remarkable that Josephus places the scene in the “seventh” month. He therefore, was not aware that the people of Israel kept the feast of tabernacles a month later than their brethren of Judah. The expression “he offered upon the altar” (see the margin and Exo 20:26) shows that Jeroboam himself officiated as priest, and offered this sacrifice - at Bethel, not at Dan; where it is possible that the priests descended from Jonathan, the son of Gershom and grandson of Moses, undertook the services (Jdg 18:30 note).

The words behind it

31 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he appointed

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֣ם׀Jeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • חָ֡גa festival

    chagH2282 →62 times

  • בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁin the month

    bachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הַשְּׁמִינִ֣י<the> eighth

    hasheminiH8066 →28 times

  • בַּחֲמִשָּֽׁה־on [the] fif-

    bachamishah-H2568 →343 times

  • עָשָׂר֩teen

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • י֨וֹם׀day

    yomH3117 →2304 times

  • לַחֹ֜דֶשׁof the month

    lachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • כֶּחָ֣ג׀like the festival

    kechagH2282 →62 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בִּיהוּדָ֗ה[was] in Judah

    bihudahH3063 →819 times

  • וַיַּ֙עַל֙and he offered up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַthe altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • כֵּ֤ןso

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • עָשָׂה֙he did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • בְּבֵֽית־in Beth-

    beveit-H1008 →142 times

  • אֵ֔ל-el

    ʾelH1008 →142 times

  • לְזַבֵּ֖חַto sacrifice

    lezabeachH2076 →134 times

  • לָעֲגָלִ֣יםto the calves

    laagalimH5695 →

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֑הhe had made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • וְהֶעֱמִיד֙and he stationed

    veheemidH5975 →521 times

  • בְּבֵ֣יתin Beth-

    beveitH1008 →142 times

  • אֵ֔ל-el

    ʾelH1008 →142 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כֹּהֲנֵ֥י[the] priests of

    kohaneiH3548 →750 times

  • הַבָּמ֖וֹתthe high places

    habamotH1116 →102 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָֽׂה׃he had made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Amos 7:13But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”5 worksAmos 7:10–13Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,3 worksNumbers 29:12–40On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.3 works1 Kings 8:2And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.3 works1 Kings 8:5There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.3 worksPsalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?3 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Daniel 3:2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.3 worksMatthew 15:8–9‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.2 worksEzekiel 43:8When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.2 worksLeviticus 23:33–44And the LORD said to Moses,2 worksAmos 8:14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”2 worksHosea 2:11I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.2 worksJeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.2 worksExodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:5

    There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 6:13

      When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

    • 1 Kings 8:62–63

      Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

    • 1 Chronicles 16:1

      So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:2

    And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 23:34

      “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.

    • 2 Chronicles 7:8–10

      So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.

    • John 7:2

      However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

    • Numbers 29:12–40

      On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.

    • Ezra 3:4

      They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.

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About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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