1 Kings 12:30
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
1 Kings 12:30 in other translations
| BSB | And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. |
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| WEB | This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there. |
| ASV | And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. |
| YLT | and this thing becometh a sin, and the people go before the one--unto Dan. |
| DARBY | And this thing became a sin; and the people went to worship before the one, as far as Dan. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan. |
What does 1 Kings 12:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 12:26-32
26-32. Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David--Having received the kingdom from God, he should have relied on the divine protection. But he did not. With a view to withdraw the people from the temple and destroy the sacred associations connected with Jerusalem, he made serious and unwarranted innovations on the religious observances of the country, on pretext of saving the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 12:25-33
Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our departures from him. Though it is probable he meant his worship for Jehovah the God of Israel, it was contrary to the Divine law, and dishonourable to the Divine majesty to be thus represented. The people might be less shocked…
1 Kings 12:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 12:30
- 2 Kings 17:21
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, 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.
- 2 Kings 10:31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
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Context
- 1 Kings 12:29
And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.
- 1 Kings 12:30
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
- 1 Kings 12:31
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.
1 Kings 12:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y esto fué ocasión de pecado; porque el pueblo iba á adorar delante del uno, hasta Dan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et cela devint un péché, et le peuple alla devant l’un des veaux jusqu’à Dan. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und diese Sache wurde zur Sünde, und das Volk ging vor das eine hin bis nach Dan. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et factum est verbum hoc in peccatum: ibat enim populus ad adorandum vitulum usque in Dan. |