And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah,.... The feast of tabernacles, which was on the fifteenth day of the seventh…
Barnes' Notes
This thing became a sin - i. e., this act of Jeroboam’s became an occasion of sin to the people. The author perhaps wrote the following words thus: “The people went to worship before the one to Bethel…
We have here the beginning of the reign of Jeroboam. He built Shechem first and then Penuel - beautified and fortified them, and probably had a palace in each of them for himself (Kg1 12:25), the…
Cambridge Bible
And this thing became a sin Being in contradiction of the second commandment.
for the people wentto worship before the one, even unto Dan It appears as though by these words it was intended to shew…