Verse 29
1 Kings 12:29
GOD'S WORD Translation
29
He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת הָ/אֶחָ֖ד בְּ/בֵֽית אֵ֑ל וְ/אֶת הָ/אֶחָ֖ד נָתַ֥ן בְּ/דָֽן
English Translation
And he set one in Bethel and the other he put in Dan.
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Chapter 12 Context
1
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
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When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the pres...
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and they sent and called him), Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam,...
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“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his he...
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He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.”
The people departed.
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King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet li...
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They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them w...
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But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the youn...
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He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people, who have spoken to me,...
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10
The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Y...
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11
Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you w...
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12
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to m...
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13
The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given...
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and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy...
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15
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might...
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When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What...
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17
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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18
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned...
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19
So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
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20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and...
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21
When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin,...
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22
But the word of God (Elohim) came to Shemaiah the man of God (Elohim), saying,
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23
“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, an...
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24
‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone...
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Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from th...
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Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
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27
If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem, then the heart of this pe...
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So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you...
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He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
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This thing became a sin; for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
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He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons...
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Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast tha...
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He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even i...
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