Editing Bethel (section)

===First Book of Kings===
After the kingdom of Israel was split into two kingdoms on the death of King [[Solomon]] (c.931 BC), [[Jeroboam]], the first king of the northern [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]], made two [[golden calf|golden calves]] ({{bibleverse|1 Kings|12:28}} ff) and set one up in Bethel, and the other in [[Dan (ancient city)|Dan]] in the far north of his kingdom. This was apparently to make it unnecessary for the people of Israel to have to go to Jerusalem to worship in the temple there. It seems that this action provoked the hostility of the Judaeans. A story is told at {{bibleverse|1 Kings|13:1}} ff of how a man from [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] visited the shrine at Bethel and prophesied that it would eventually be destroyed by [[Josiah]].