1 Kings 12:30
And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
In Context
29And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.
1 Kings 16:27Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 17:21For Israel was broken off from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king, who, driving them away from the laws of the Lord, made them do a great sin.
Hosea 10:8And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:26-33
Jeroboam's Idolatry. ( b. c. 975.) 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 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… Read the whole commentary →