1 Kings 12:29

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And he set up one in Bethel, and one he put in Dan.

Latin

Posuitque unum in Bethel, et alterum in Dan:

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

1 Kings 12:29–30

Jeroboam placed calf idols in Bethel (southern Israel) and Dan (northern Israel). These locations had long religious traditions (see Genesis 12:8; 28:11–19; Judges 18:30–31). Archaeologists found a high place, an altar for pagan worship, in Dan. Bethel was where Jacob dreamed (Genesis 28:10–22). It was also where the ark of the covenant rested during the time of the judges (Judges 20:18–28) and served as a sanctuary in Samuel’s time (1 Samuel 7:16; 10:3).

1 Kings 12:25–33

Jeroboam's efforts to establish his kingdom are described in two parts. One part covers his construction projects (1 Kings 12:25), and the other discusses his false shrines and religious practices (1 Kings 12:26–33).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam I Joseph True Success

Events

Reign of Jeroboam I

Related verses

Genesis 28:19
…and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
Judges 18:27–31
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.
Judges 20:1
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.
Amos 8:14
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.”
Hosea 4:15
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!’
Genesis 14:14
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
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,
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.
Genesis 12:8
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.
Jeremiah 8:16
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.
Genesis 35:1
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.”

Places

Bethel: Important city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob Dan: Israelite tribe; city in northern Israel; originally called Laish/Leshem

Glossary

Aven Bethel (Place), Bethelite Cattle Golden Calf Idols, Idolatry Jeroboam Judaism Kings, Books of First and Second Monotheism Temple Tribe of Dan

Topics

Beth-El: A City North of Jerusalem: Jeroboam Institutes Idolatrous Worship At Calf: Images of, Set up in Beth-El and Dan by Jeroboam Calves of Jeroboam: Placed in Dan and Bethel Church and State: State Superior to Religion: Jeroboam, in Subverting the Jewish Religion Dan: A City of the Tribe of Dan: Idolatry Established At Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Jeroboam Set up a Golden Calf in Beth-El Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: Subverts the Religion of Moses National Sins: Often Caused and Encouraged by Rulers Offense: Jeroboam Rebellion Against God: Jeroboam Religion: National: Established by Jeroboam Religion: National: Subverted by Jeroboam Rulers: Wicked: Jeroboam, Perverting the True Worship Statecraft: Jeroboam Tribe of Ephraim: One of Jeroboam's Calves Set up in Bethel, a City of

1 Kings 12:29

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