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1 Kings 12:30

DanDan
Sin

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.

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

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.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

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BSB
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
KJV
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
WEB
This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
ASV
And this thing became a sin; for the people went [to worship] before the one, even unto Dan.
DARBY
And this thing became a sin; and the people went [to worship] before the one, as far as Dan.
BLB
And this thing became a sin, for the people went before the face of one [of the calves] as far as Dan [to worship].
ÅB
Dette ble en årsak til synd; folket gikk like til Dan for å trede fram for den ene av dem.
OTB
Denne handlingen førte til synd, for folket gikk for å tilbe foran den så langt som til Dan.
B1930
Dette blev en årsak til synd; folket gikk like til Dan for å trede frem for den ene av dem.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 17:21

    For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

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  • 1 Kings 13:34

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

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  • 2 Kings 10:31

    But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

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