So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
Ver. 33. So he offered upon the altar.] As he usurped the kingdom, so now he invadeth the high priesthood: a as did likewise Uzziah. 2Ch 26:16 Julius Caesar wrote to his mother, Hodie videbis me aut Pontificem aut exulem. Today you will see me as Pontiff or exileed. b Charles V also sought once to make himself Pope, that he might get both the swords into his own hand. Ambition rideth without reins.
Which he had devised of his own heart.] Hence this new day is called the day of the king, by the prophet Hosea, who doth often thunder against this idolatry. Sed surdo fabulam.
a Josephus.
b Sueton.