1 Kings 12:29 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 12:29

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,

DBT

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

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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21 verses on the floor

Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth–el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
Amos 7:13
But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
Judges 18:27–31
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
1 Kings 15:20
So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

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The latter place was the most frequented--for the words (1Ki 12:30) should be rendered, "the people even to Dan went to worship before the one" (Jer 48:13; The innovation was a sin because it was setting up the worship of God by symbols and images and departing from the place where He had chosen to put His name.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Sin is a bad way of building up a family. Rehoboam was the son of the wisest of men, yet did not inherit his father's wisdom, and then it stood him in little stead to inherit his father's throne. Neither wisdom nor grace runs in the blood.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H183570× in canon H1008142× in canon

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1KI 12:29GEN 14:14 JDG 18:29
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1KI 12:29GEN 28:19 GEN 48:3
1KI 12:29GEN 28:19 HOS 12:4-5
1KI 12:29GEN 28:19 GEN 35:1
1KI 12:292KI 10:29 1KI 12:28-30
1KI 12:29GEN 28:19 GEN 12:8
1KI 12:29GEN 14:14 GEN 15:3
1KI 12:29GEN 28:19 JDG 1:22-26

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