1 Kings 12:29 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 12:29

27 If these people ^ago up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

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 12:29

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

Amplified® Bible
And he set the one golden calf in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Contemporary English Version
Then he put one of the gold calves in the town of Bethel. He put the other one in the town of Dan, and the crowd walked out in front as the calf was taken there. What Jeroboam did was a terrible sin.

Darby English Version
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Good News Bible
He placed one of the gold bull-calves in Bethel and the other in Dan.

King James Version
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

New American Standard Bible
He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

New International Version
One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

New King James Version
And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Revised Standard Version
And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Young's Literal Translation
And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,

New English Translation
He put one in Bethel¹ and the other in Dan.

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