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1 Kings 12:30

What does 1 Kings 12:30 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 12:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and this thing becometh a sin, and the people go before the one--unto Dan.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And this thing became an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And this thing became a sin; and the people went [to worship] before the one, as far as Dan.

Context

v.29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

v.30This passage

v.31And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 10:31

    But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kings 17:21

    For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

  • 1 Kings 13:34

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

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