1 Kings 12:25-33

Jeroboam built Shechem  in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel.  Jeroboam said to himself, “The kingdom might now return to the house of David.  If these people regularly go to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem,  the heart of these people will return to their lord, King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and go back to the king of Judah.” So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods  who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”  He set up one in Bethel,  and put the other in Dan.  This led to sin;  the people walked in procession before one of the calves all the way to Dan.  , Jeroboam also made shrines  on the high places  and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.  Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah.  He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had made.  He offered sacrifices on  the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own.  He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.