This thing became a sin—that is, this act of Jeroboam’s became an occasion of sin for the people. The author suggests the original text may …

Even unto Dan. —It has been thought that there is a corruption of the text here, and that words referring to Bethel have …

I suppose that Jeroboam did not mean to draw them away from worshipping Jehovah; but he would have Jehovah worshipped under some visible image, and…

And this thing became a sin
The cause and occasion of the sin of idolatry; it led them by degrees to leave off the worship of …

Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God'…