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29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

30 And this thing became a sin; and the people went [to worship] before the one, as far as Dan.

31 And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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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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Footnotes

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