12:31 He built temples ⁴  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites. 12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ⁵  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ⁶  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ⁷  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) ⁸  Jeroboam ⁹  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ¹⁰  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.