25. And Yaroḇ‛am built Sheḵem in the mountains of Ephrayim, and dwelt there. And he went out from there and built Penu’ĕl.
26. And Yaroḇ‛am said in his heart, “Now the reign shall return to the house of Dawiḏ.
27. “If these people go up to do slaughterings in the House of יהוה at Yerushalayim, then the heart of this people shall turn back to their master, Reḥaḇ‛am sovereign of Yehuḏah, and they shall slay me and go back to Reḥaḇ‛am sovereign of Yehuḏah.”
28. So the sovereign took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim. See, your mighty ones, O Yisra’ĕl, which brought you up from the land of Mitsrayim!”
29. And he set up one in Bĕyth Ěl, and the other he put in Dan.