King James Version
1 Kings 12:30 in the King James Version says “And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.”
1 Kings 12:30 · KJV
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.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. offered: or, went up to the altar, etc sacrificing: or, to sacrifice
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And this thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“became a sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
“for the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“to worship before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“even unto Dan”
H1835dan, one of the sons of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in palestine colonized by them
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