1 KINGS 12:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had appointed — Jeroboam's institution of a parallel festival calendar further entrenches northern religious autonomy. The fifteenth day of the eighth month corresponds to Judah's Sukkot, suggesting deliberate mimicry. The phrase וַיַּעַל עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (va'al al-hamizbeach, he offered upon the altar) shows Jeroboam himself performing priestly functions, a usurpation of Levitical prerogative. The multiplication of high-place priests ensures the sustainability of schismatic worship throughout northern territory.
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