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 (note: Or, went up to the altar, etc). So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing (note: Or, to sacrifice) unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month (note: This feast was exactly one month after the annual Feast of Tabernacles in Judah; see Leviticus 23:34.), like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.