So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el] Or, went up to the altar, &c. Jeroboams offerings at Beth-el are repeated, to shew the time and occasion of the prophets reproving him in the next chapter. he offered] Jeroboam himself, presumptuously, as 2 Chron. 26. 26. and burnt incense] Heb. to burn incense.