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He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
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Calculated Convenience
Commentators explain that Jeroboam's choice of Bethel and Dan was highly strategic. Located at the southern and northern borders, they were convenient for all his subjects. More importantly, scholars note that both sites already had a history of religious activity, which Jeroboam exploited to make his new, idolatrous worship centers seem legitimate and more easily accepted by the people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
First, Jeroboam considered the convenience of his subjects, who would therefore not have to travel far to reach either sanctuary. Furthermore, he a…
19th Century
Anglican
Bethel and Dan, chosen as the frontier towns of the kingdom, had, however, associations of their own, which naturally lent themsel…
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he set the one in Bethel In the southern part of the land, on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin; and the rather…
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'…