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The Danger of Counterfeit Worship
Commentators emphasize that Jeroboam created a counterfeit religion that was dangerously similar to true worship. He established a feast 'like unto the feast that is in Judah' but changed the month. As Charles Spurgeon notes, when worship is 'devised of his own heart,' it becomes a form of self-worship, not God-worship. This serves as a warning against religious practices that look godly but are rooted in human convenience and disobedience.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 12:32
18th Century
Theologian
A feast - This feast was intended as a substitute for the Feast of Tabernacles. It may also have taken on the character of a dedication feas…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 12:32
19th Century
Bishop
In the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month ... —The “feast that was in Judah,” to which this is said to be like, is cl…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 12:32
19th Century
Preacher
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah,
He shif…
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 12:32
17th Century
Pastor
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 12:25–33
17th Century
Minister
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'…