1 Kings 12:28
“While he prepared to establish the reign which was reserved to him by God according to the predictions of the prophets Shemaiah and Ahijah, Jeroboam thought that nothing could be more useful for his purpose than kindling the hatred of the two opposite parties to the highest possible degree, so that he might preclude a…”
Source: Septuagint
28And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you to have gone hitherto to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
27If this people shall go up to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of the people will return to the Lord, and to their master, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will slay me.
— 1 Kings 12:28 —
29And he put one in Bethel, and he put the other in Dan.
30And this thing became a sin; and the people went before one as far as Dan, and left the house of the Lord.