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1 Kings 12:29

DanBethel (of Palestine)Dan
Sin

27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 28:19

    And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

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  • Judges 18:27–31

    And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

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  • Deuteronomy 34:1

    And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

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  • Genesis 35:1

    And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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  • Genesis 14:14

    And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

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  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

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  • Jeremiah 8:16

    The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

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  • Genesis 12:8

    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

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