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And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
1 Kings 12:32 — KJV
Eighth month. This was a rival feast to the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem in the seventh month. There was a semblance of holding to certain forms of the old religion, but in many respects the new religion was the direct opposite of the worship of Jehovah. The question has been raised as to why the feast in Israel should be held a month later than in Judah. It may be that the break between Israel and Judah took place at this time, and that this general festival of the people was immediately instituted to give opportunity for hailing the establishment of the new regime.
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