1 Kings 12:30 meaning and explanation
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
1 Kings 12:30, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator looks back on Jeroboam's golden calves with a verdict: this became a sin. Jeroboam, newly made king over the northern tribes, feared that worship in Jerusalem would pull his people back to Rehoboam, so he set up two calves, one at Bethel and one at Dan, and told Israel these were the gods who brought them out of Egypt.
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