He set the one in Beth-el, &c. Which two places he chose for the people's convenience, Beth-el being in the southern, and Dan in the northern part of his kingdom. Add to this, that as Bethel was in every body's opinion a sacred place, having been consecrated by God's appearing there more than once to Jacob; so Dan had been famous for the teraphim of Micah, unto which there had been great resort for a long time, Judges 18:30. For such reasons as these it is likely he waived his royal city, which was Shechem, and chose these two places for the worship of the Divine Majesty, whom he pretended he did not forsake, but worshipped by these symbols of his presence.
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1 Kings 12:29
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.