2: Judah had four good kings, Asa, Jehoshaphatt, Hezekiah, and Josiah, while there are no good kings in Israel. I think it is very disturbing that there is no good kings in Israel, and four out of 20 kings in Judah before the fall in 586b.c is low as well, that is only 20%.
3: Jeroboam is trying to keep his people with him when they worship instead of going to Jerusalem. He was trying to rival the Ark of the Covenant with two temples, “one at Dan and the other at Bethel, in which golden bulls were erected, apparently to offset the place of Jerusalem” Since he was making false God’s he was breaking the law by not worshiping other Gods outside of the