So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
So he made offerings on the altar he had built in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month—a month he had chosen by his own decision. He established a festival for the people of Israel, and he made offerings on the altar and burned incense.
This verse shows King Jeroboam creating his own religious system with made-up holy days and rituals, rather than following God's established ways of worship.
📚 Historical Context
This describes King Jeroboam's establishment of alternative worship centers in northern Israel after the kingdom split around 930 BC. He created counterfeit religious practices to prevent his people from traveling to Jerusalem's temple in the southern kingdom of Judah. The timing he chose mimicked but deliberately differed from the authentic Feast of Tabernacles that God had ordained.
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