1 Kings 12:33 meaning and explanation
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
1 Kings 12:33, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeroboam has set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan and appointed his own priests, and here he completes the program by inventing a festival. The Law placed the great autumn feast in the seventh month, but Jeroboam chooses the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, and presides at the altar himself in Bethel.
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