25. Then Yarov`am built Shechem in har Ephrayim, and dwelt therein; and went out from there, and built Penuel.
26. And Yarov`am said in his lev, Now shall the mamlachah return to the Bais Dovid:
27. If HaAm Hazeh go up to offer zevakhim (sacrifices) at the Beis Hashem at Yerushalayim, then shall lev HaAm Hazeh turn back unto adoneihem, even unto Rechav`am Melech Yehudah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rechav`am Melech Yehudah.
28. Whereupon HaMelech took counsel, and made two eglei zahav (calves of gold), and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim; hinei, eloheicha, O Yisroel, which brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim.
29. He set the one in Beit-El, the other put he in Dan.
30. And this thing became chattat (sin); for the people went to worship before the one, even as far as Dan.