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29 King Jeroboam put one golden calf in Bethel and the other one in the city of Dan.[a] 30 What a terrible sin this was, because the Israelites started going to the cities of Dan and Bethel[b] to worship the calves.

31 Jeroboam also built temples at the high places and chose priests from among the different tribes of Israel. (He did not choose priests only from the tribe of Levi.)

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  1. 1 Kings 12:29 Bethel, Dan Bethel was a city in the southern part of Israel, near Judah. Dan was in the northern part of Israel.
  2. 1 Kings 12:30 and Bethel This is from the ancient Greek version.

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