1 Kings 12:29

New Living Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
He set the one in Beit-El, and the other put he in Dan.

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

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

New Century Version
Jeroboam put one golden calf in the city of Bethel and the other in the city of Dan.

New English Translation
He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

Amplified Bible
He set the one [golden calf] 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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other set he in Dan.

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

Contemporary English Version
Then he put one of the gold calves in the town of Bethel. He put the other one in the town of Dan, and the crowd walked out in front as the calf was taken there. What Jeroboam did was a terrible sin.

Complete Jewish Bible
He placed one in Beit-El and the other in Dan,

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

Easy-to-Read Version
King Jeroboam put one golden calf in Bethel and the other one in the city of Dan.

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

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

Lexham English Bible
He put one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the one set he at Bethel, & the other in Dan.

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

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other set he in Dan.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

King James Version (1611)
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he put one in Bethel, and he put the other in Dan.

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

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he settide oon in Bethel, and the tother in Dan.

Young's Literal Translation
And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,

Update Bible Version
And he set the one in Beth-el, 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 put he in Dan.

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

New Life Bible
He put one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he set the one in Bethel, - and, the other, put he in Dan.

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Jeroboam then built up the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and it became his capital. Later he went and built up the town of Peniel. ²⁶ Jeroboam thought to himself, "Unless I am careful, the kingdom will return to the dynasty of David. ²⁷ When these people go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the Lord , they will again give their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and make him their king instead." ²⁸ So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people, "It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!" ²⁹ He placed these calf idols in Bethel and in Dan—at either end of his kingdom. ³⁰ But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there. ³¹ Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in imitation of the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices to the calves he had made, and he appointed priests for the pagan shrines he had made. ³³ So on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a day that he himself had designated, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar at Bethel. He instituted a religious festival for Israel, and he went up to the altar to burn incense.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Dan: Genesis 14:14, Deuteronomy 34:1, Judges 18:29-31, Judges 20:1, 2 Kings 10:29, Jeremiah 8:16, Amos 8:14

Reciprocal: Joshua 18:22 - Bethel 1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel 1 Kings 13:32 - the houses 1 Kings 15:20 - Dan 1 Kings 15:34 - walked 2 Kings 2:2 - Bethel 2 Kings 17:28 - in Bethel 2 Kings 23:4 - Bethel Jeremiah 48:13 - as the Ezekiel 48:1 - Dan Hosea 5:8 - Bethaven Amos 7:13 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he set the one in Bethel,.... In the southern part of the land, on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin; and the rather he chose this place, because its name signifies the house of God, and had been a sacred place, where Jacob more than once enjoyed the divine Presence:

and the other put he in Dan: in the northern part of the land, for the convenience of the inhabitants of those parts; and the rather, since it had been a place resorted to in former times, because of the teraphim of Micah there.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the first place, Jeroboam consulted the convenience of his subjects, who would thus in no case have very far to go in order to reach one or the other sanctuary. Further, he avoided the danger of reminding them continually that they had no ark - a danger which would have been imminent, had the two cherubs been placed together in one shrine.

He selected Bethel (in the south) for one of his seats of worship, on account of its pre-eminent sanctity. (See the marginal reference; Judges 20:26-28; 1 Samuel 7:16.)

The north of Palestine did not furnish a spot possessing an equally sacred character, but still Dan had to some extent the character of a “holy city” (marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. One in Beth-el, and the other - in Dan. — One at the southern and the other at the northern extremity of the land. Solomon's idolatry had prepared the people for Jeroboam's abominations!