1 Kings 12:28
And finding out a device he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:
Cross References
Exodus 1:10Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land.
Exodus 32:4And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:14And he commanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you shall do in the land, that you shall possess.
1 Kings 12:8But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and stood before him.
2 Kings 17:8And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner.
2 Chronicles 11:15And he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:26-33
Jeroboam's Idolatry. ( b. c. 975.) 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made… Read the whole commentary →