King James Version (KJV)
1 Kings 12:29
“And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 12
If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, [even] unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and 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.
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan.
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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