1 Kings 12:29
New International Version
One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

New Living Translation
He placed these calf idols in Bethel and in Dan—at either end of his kingdom.

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

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

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

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

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

NASB 1995
He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

NASB 1977
And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he set one in Bethel, and one he put in Dan.

Amplified Bible
He set the one [golden calf] in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Christian Standard Bible
He set up one in Bethel, and put the other in Dan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He set up one in Bethel, and put the other in Dan.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he put one in Bayth Eil and one he put in Dan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he put one in Bethel, and he put the other in Dan.

Contemporary English Version
Then he put one of the gold calves in the town of Bethel and the other in the town of Dan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

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

International Standard Version
He set one of them in Bethel and placed the other one in Dan.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

Literal Standard Version
And he sets the one in Beth-El, and the other he has put in Dan,

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

New American Bible
And he put one in Bethel, the other in Dan.

NET Bible
He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

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

New Heart English Bible
He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other he placed in Dan.

World English Bible
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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jeroboam's Idolatry
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.” 29One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. 30And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.…

Cross References
Genesis 28:19
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

Judges 18:26
So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.

2 Kings 2:2
and Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 10:29
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 48:13
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.

Hosea 10:5
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests--those who rejoiced in its glory--for it has been taken from them into exile.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Beth-el

Genesis 12:8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Genesis 35:1
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Dan

Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Deuteronomy 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

Judges 18:29-31
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first…

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1 Kings 12
1. The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam,
4. by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him
6. Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, answers them roughly
16. Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam flee
21. Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah
25. Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities
26. and by idolatry of the two calves














(29) Bethel and Dan, chosen as the frontier towns of the kingdom, had, however, associations of their own, which lent themselves naturally to Jeroboam's design. Bethel--preserving in its name the memory of Jacob's vision, and of his consecration of the place as a sanctuary (Genesis 28:19; Genesis 35:14-15)--had been (see Judges 20:18; Judges 20:26; Judges 20:31; Judges 21:2; 1Samuel 7:16) a place of religious assembly, and, possibly, of occasional sojourn of the Ark. At Dan, it is not unlikely that the use of the local sanctuary, set up at the conquest of the city by the Danites, still lingered; and from the notice in Judges 18:30, that the posterity of Jonathan, the grandson of Moses, were priests till "the day of the captivity of the land," it seems as if these priests of this old worship became naturally the appointed ministers of the new. . . . Verse 29. - And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Daniel [Two considerations seem to have influenced Jeroboam in his choice of these sites. First, both these places were in some sort sanctuaries already. Bethel was already a makom, or holy place, in the days of Abraham; was consecrated by the visions and altar of Jacob (Genesis 28:11-19; Genesis 31:13; Genesis 35:1, 7, 15), and by the ark having been there (Judges 20:26-28, Hebrews; cf. Jos., Ant., 5:02.10). And though Dan (Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:29; Judges 20:1) can hardly have had as sacred a character as the "house of God and the gate of heaven" (Genesis 28:17) had, still it had its shrine and its schismatic priesthood. A grandson of Moses (Judges 18:13, true reading) had ministered there, and his sons were the priests of Dan still. Secondly, these localities would suit the convenience of his subjects, being respectively at the southern and northern extremities of the kingdom. And this, no doubt, was one reason why Dan was chosen in preference to other places, such as Shiloh, which, though more sacred, were less conveniently situated. A sanctuary at Dan would save the northern tribes many tedious journeys. It should be remarked that Bethel properly belonged to Benjamin (Joshua 18:13, 22), though it was also on the border of Ephraim; and it has been suggested that it was Jeroboam's selection of this place as a seat of the calf worship decided the tribe of Benjamin to follow the lead of Judah. But the narrative seems to imply that their choice had been made at an earlier period (ver. 21), and the city would seem to have been long in the possession of the house of Joseph (Judges 1:22). It is now known as Beitin, and is one of the most naked and dreary spots in Palestine. "The place seems, as it were, turned to stone; and we can well imagine that the patriarch found nothing softer than a stone for his pillow." Conder, p. 252, who suggests that from the time of Abraham Bethel was a מָקום, a sacred place merely (Genesis 28:11), and distinct from the adjoining city of Luz (ver. 19).]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
One [calf]
הָאֶחָ֖ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

he set up
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

in Bethel,
אֵ֑ל (’êl)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

[and]
נָתַ֥ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

the other
הָאֶחָ֖ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

in Dan.
בְּדָֽן׃ (bə·ḏān)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1835: Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel


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