28 So the king [a]consulted, and he (A)made two golden (B)calves; and he said to [b]the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; (C)behold your gods, Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.” 29 And he set up (D)one in (E)Bethel, and the other he put in (F)Dan. 30 Now (G)this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

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  1. 1 Kings 12:28 Lit took counsel
  2. 1 Kings 12:28 Lit them

28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(B) 29 One he set up in Bethel,(C) and the other in Dan.(D) 30 And this thing became a sin;(E) the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan

34 [a](A)This event also became a sin of the house of Jeroboam, (B)even to wipe it out and eliminate it from the face of the earth.

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  1. 1 Kings 13:34 As in LXX and Targum; MT By this event also it became

34 This was the sin(A) of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction(B) from the face of the earth.

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