列王纪上 12:33

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

八月十五日，就是他心裡私定作為以色列人節期的日子，他在伯特利在自己所建的祭壇上獻祭燒香。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 在 八 月 十 五 日 ， 就 是 他 私 自 所 定 的 月 日 ， 为 以 色 列 人 立 作 节 期 的 日 子 ， 在 伯 特 利 上 坛 烧 香 。

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Then Jeroboam made Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim a very strong city, and he lived there. He also went to the city of Peniel and made it stronger. ²⁶ Jeroboam said to himself, "The kingdom will probably go back to David's family. ²⁷ If the people continue going to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, they will want to be ruled again by Rehoboam. Then they will kill me and follow Rehoboam king of Judah." ²⁸ King Jeroboam asked for advice. Then he made two golden calves. "It is too long a journey for you to go to Jerusalem to worship," he said to the people. "Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt." ²⁹ Jeroboam put one golden calf in the city of Bethel and the other in the city of Dan. ³⁰ This became a very great sin, because the people traveled as far as Dan to worship the calf there. ³¹ Jeroboam built temples on the places of worship. He also chose priests from all the people, not just from the tribe of Levi. ³² And he started a new festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the festival in Judah. During that time the king offered sacrifices on the altar, along with sacrifices to the calves in Bethel he had made. He also chose priests in Bethel to serve at the places of worship he had made. ³³ So Jeroboam chose his own time for a festival for the Israelites—the fifteenth day of the eighth month. During that time he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built in Bethel. He set up a festival for the Israelites and offered sacrifices on the altar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

offered upon the altar: or, went up to the altar, etc. 1 Kings 12:32

in the month: Numbers 15:39, Psalms 106:39, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 15:6, Mark 7:13

he offered: 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Samuel 13:12, 2 Chronicles 26:6

and burnt incense: Heb. to burn incense

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:5 - a feast 2 Kings 2:2 - Bethel 2 Chronicles 17:4 - not after 2 Chronicles 26:16 - to burn Ezekiel 4:5 - three Hosea 11:2 - burned

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month,.... As he had done in Dan:

even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; the feast of tabernacles was of God's appointing, but the time of keeping he had devised himself, changing it from the seventh month, or Tisri, which answers to our September and October, to the eighth month, or Marchesvan, which answers to part of October and part of November:

and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel; to be observed by them as the feast of tabernacles was by the priests of Judah and Benjamin:

and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense; which none but the priests should do; perhaps the reason why the same resentment was not shown as to Uzziah was, because this was not at the altar of the Lord: whether he burnt incense after the manner of the Jewish priests, or as the priests of Egypt did to the sun, where he had been for some time, is not certain; the former burnt incense only twice a day, morning and evening, the latter three times; at sunrising they burnt rosin, about noon myrrh, and about sun setting "kuphi", which was a compound of sixteen sorts w.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse belongs to 1 Kings 13:0 rather than to 1 Kings 12:0, being intended as an introduction to what follows.

Which he had devised of his own heart - The entire system of Jeroboam receives its condemnation in these words. His main fault was that he left a ritual and a worship where all was divinely authorized, for ceremonies and services which were wholly of his own devising. Not being a prophet, he had no authority to introduce religious innovations. Not having received any commission to establish new forms, he had no right to expect that any religious benefit would accrue from them. (See 1 Kings 12:26 note.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 12:33. He offered upon the altar — Jeroboam probably performed the functions of high priest himself, that he might in his own person condense the civil and ecclesiastical power.