1 Kings 12:29 “One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.”

1 Kings 12:29

One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other set he in Dan.

Darby Translation

And he set the 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,

Bible in Basic English

And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.

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Cross references

“Beth-el”

Genesis 28:19 Genesis 12:8 Genesis 35:1 Hosea 4:15

Genesis 28:19 · BSB

and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

Genesis 12:8 · BSB

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 35:1 · BSB

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Hosea 4:15 · BSB

Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

“Dan”

Genesis 14:14 Deuteronomy 34:1 Judges 20:1 2 Kings 10:29 Jeremiah 8:16 Amos 8:14

Genesis 14:14 · BSB

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Deuteronomy 34:1 · BSB

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,

Judges 20:1 · BSB

Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

2 Kings 10:29 · BSB

but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

Jeremiah 8:16 · BSB

The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

Amos 8:14 · BSB

Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”

Also

Judges 18:27–31

Judges 18:27–31 · BSB

After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

30And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

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