Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
A feast - Intended as a substitute for the Feast of tabernacles (marginal reference "c" ). It may also have assumed the character of a feast of dedication, held at the same time, after the example of Solomon I Kings 8:2. His object in changing the month from the seventh to the eighth, and yet keeping the day of the month, is not clear. Perhaps it was on account of the later vintage of the more northern regions. It is remarkable that Josephus places the scene in the "seventh" month. He therefore, was not aware that the people of Israel kept the feast of tabernacles a month later than their brethren of Judah. The expression "he offered upon the altar" (see the margin and Exodus 20:26) shows that Jeroboam himself officiated as priest, and offered this sacrifice - at Bethel, not at Dan; where it is possible that the priests descended from Jonathan, the son of Gershom and grandson of Moses, undertook the services (Judges 18:30 note).
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 12:32:
1 Kings 13:1
2 Kings 2:23
Psalms 78:58
Isaiah 36:7
Ezekiel 23:4
Hosea 5:11
Amos 3:14
Amos 7:13
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