1 Kings 12:29
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other he placed in Dan.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
In Context
30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.
Cross References
Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence to a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he erected an altar to the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Deuteronomy 34:1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab, upon the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho: and the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
Judges 18:27And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Judges 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh.
2 Kings 10:29Yet from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit , the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
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 →