1 Kings 12:29
27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
- KJV
- And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
- WEB
- He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
- ASV
- And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
- DARBY
- And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
- BLB
- And he set up one in Bethel, and one he put in Dan.
- ÅB
- Og han stilte den ene opp i Betel, og den andre satte han i Dan.
- OTB
- Han plasserte den ene i Betel, og den andre plasserte han i Dan.
- B1930
- Og han stilte den ene op i Betel, og den andre satte han i Dan.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 28:19
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
Read in contextJudges 18:27–31
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:1
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
Read in contextGenesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
Read in contextGenesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Read in contextJudges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:16
The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
Read in contextGenesis 12:8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
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