KJV ORIGINAL
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
He placed one golden calf in Bethel, and the other one he put in Dan.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
King Jeroboam set up two golden calves as false gods - one in the southern city of Bethel and another in the northern city of Dan.
📚 Historical Context
After Solomon's kingdom split, Jeroboam became king of the northern ten tribes of Israel around 930 BC. Fearing his people would return to Jerusalem in Judah to worship at the temple, he created alternative worship sites with golden calves to keep them from traveling south. This act directly violated God's commandments and established a pattern of idolatry that would plague the northern kingdom throughout its history.
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