24
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight with your brethren the sons of Israel: return each man to his own home; for this thing is from me; and they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and they ceased from going up, according to the word of the Lord.
25
And Jeroboam built Sikima in mount Ephraim and dwelt in it, and went forth thence and built Phanuel.
26
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
27
If this people shall go up to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of the people will return to the Lord, and to their master, to Roboam king of Juda, and they will slay me.
28
And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you to have gone to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.