1 Kings 12:30
And this word became an occasion of sin. For the people went to adore the calf, even to Dan.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 stationed one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And for this reason, the house of Jeroboam sinned, and was uprooted, and was wiped from the face of the earth.
1 Kings 16:27Now the rest of the words of Omri, and his battles that he carried out, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 17:21even from that time when Israel was torn away from the house of David, and they appointed for themselves Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, as king. For Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and he caused them to sin a great sin.
Hosea 10:8And the heights of the idol, the sin of Israel, will be utterly destroyed. The burr and the thistle will rise up over their altars. And they will say to the mountains, ‘Cover us,’ and to the hills, ‘Fall 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 →