1 Kings 12:29

WEB

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

KJV

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

Commentary

Commentary

And he set the one in Bethel,.... In the southern part of the land, on the border of Ephraim and Ben jamin; and the rather he chose this place, because its name signifies the house of God, and had been a sacred place, where Jacob more than once enjoyed the divine Presence: and the other put he in Dan: in the northern part of the land, for the convenience of the inhabitants of those parts; and the rather, since it had been a place resorted to in former times, because of the teraphim of Micah there.