Verse 33
1 Kings 12:33
Bible in Basic English
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He went up to the altar he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month fixed by him at his pleasure; and he gave orders for a feast for the people of Israel, and went up to the altar, and there he made the smoke of his offerings go up.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֜עַל עַֽל הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֣חַ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂ֣ה בְּ/בֵֽית אֵ֗ל בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ בַּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/שְּׁמִינִ֔י בַּ/חֹ֖דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר בָּדָ֣א מ/ל/בד מִ/לִּבּ֑/וֹ וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ חָג֙ לִ/בְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַ/יַּ֥עַל עַל הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לְ/הַקְטִֽיר
English Translation
And he went up on the altar that he made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised in his own heart, and he made a feast for the children of Israel and he went up on the altar to burn incense.
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Chapter 12 Context
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,
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And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight...
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And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
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Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us d...
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And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.
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Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was...
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And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them...
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But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation...
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And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to m...
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And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came t...
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If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips...
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12
So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back...
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And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;
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But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but...
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So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that...
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And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to...
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(But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Ju...
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Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all...
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So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
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Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeti...
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When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a h...
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But the word of God (Elohim) came to Shemaiah, the man of God (Elohim), saying,
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Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the...
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24
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back,...
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Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living...
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:
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If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be tur...
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So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been goi...
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And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.
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And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to t...
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31
And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from amon...
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32
And Jeroboam gave orders for a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like th...
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He went up to the altar he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month f...