Study it in the app“Jeroboam held 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. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.”
Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםheldוַיַּעַשׂa festivalחָגin the eighthבַּ הַשְּׁמִינִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁon the fifteenthבַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁlike the festivalכֶּחָגthatאֲשֶׁרwas in Judah,בִּיהוּדָהand he went upוַיַּעַלtoעַלthe altar.הַמִּזְבֵּחַSoכֵּןhe didעָשָׂהin Bethel,בְּבֵית אֵלsacrificingלְזַבֵּחַto the calvesלָעֲגָלִיםthatאֲשֶׁרhe had made;עָשָׂהand he stationedוְהֶעֱמִידin Bethelבְּבֵית אֵלthe priestsכֹּהֲנֵיof the high placesהַבָּמוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרhe had made.עָשָׂה
Jeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “yaas” appearsfestival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chag” appearseighth
Eighth.
Where else “shemini” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “vet” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zabeach” appearscalf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “agalim” appearsappoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “heemid” appearspagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohane” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” appearsThe festival of Judah that it resembles is the festival of Booths, which the law set on the fifteenth day of the seventh month (Leviticus 23:34).
Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
31He also made a house of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
32 · This verse (above)
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 heart; and he held a festival for the sons of Israel, and went up to the altar to offer up in smoke.
