29 He set up one in Bethel,(A) and put the other in Dan.(B) 30 This led to sin;(C) the people walked in procession before one of the calves all the way to Dan.[a](D)

31 Jeroboam also made shrines[b] on the high places(E) and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.(F)

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  1. 12:30 Some LXX mss read calves to Bethel and the other to Dan
  2. 12:31 Lit a house

29 One he set up in Bethel,(A) and the other in Dan.(B) 30 And this thing became a sin;(C) the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[a]

31 Jeroboam built shrines(D) on high places and appointed priests(E) from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.

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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