1 Kings 12:29
What does 1 Kings 12:29 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 12:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
Context
v.28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
v.29This passage
v.30And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 10:29
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
- Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
- Genesis 12:8
And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
- Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.
- Judges 18:27
And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
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