JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="test">test</div>

JavaScript

var selectBox = document.createElement("select");
var myDiv = document.getElementById("test");
console.log(myDiv);
var data = [1,2,3,4];
function createSelect(data){
    $.each(data, function(key, dbValue) {
        var option = document.createElement("option");
        option.value = dbValue;
        option.text = dbValue;
        selectBox.appendChild(option);
    });
    myDiv.appendChild(selectBox);
}

createSelect(data);