1 Kings 12:30 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 12:30

28 Therefore the king asked advice, ^amade two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. ^bHere are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

29 And he set up one in ^aBethel, and the other he put in ^bDan.

30 Now this thing became ^aa sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

31 He made¹ shrines on the high places, ^aand made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

32 Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like ^athe feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. ^bAnd at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.

33 So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had ^adevised in his own heart. And he¹ ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and ^bburned incense.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 12:30

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American Standard Version
And this thing became a sin; for the people went `to worship' before the one, even unto Dan.

Amplified® Bible
And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship each of them even as far as Dan.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
And this thing became a sin; and the people went [to worship] before the one, as far as Dan.

Good News Bible
And so the people sinned, going to worship in Bethel and in Dan.

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

New American Standard Bible
Now this thing became a sin, for the people went {to worship} before the one as far as Dan.

New International Version
And this thing became a sin; the people went even as far as Dan to worship the one there.

New King James Version
Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

Revised Standard Version
And this thing became a sin, for the people went to the one at Bethel and to the other as far as Dan.

Young's Literal Translation
and this thing becometh a sin, and the people go before the one -- unto Dan.

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