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This verse belongs to 1 Kings 13 rather than to 1 Kings 12, being intended as an introduction to what follows.
Which he had devised of h…

So he offered upon the altar. —The repetition of this verse is accounted for by its belonging properly in sense to the ne…

And he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the …

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month

Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God'…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes