Discovery Box1 Kings 8:66 
Context8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, 1 he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king 2 and then went to their homes, happy and content 3 because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
1 Kings 12:32-33
Context12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 4 like the festival celebrated in Judah. 5 On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. 6 In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 7 Jeroboam 8 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 9 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1 tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).
2 tn Heb “they blessed the king.”
3 tn Heb “good of heart.”
4 sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.
5 sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.
6 tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”
7 tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
