1 Kings 12:28
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,—and said unto them—It is, too much for you, to go up to Jerusalem, Lo! thy gods, O Israel, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
29And he set the one in Bethel,—and, the other, put he in Dan.
Cross References
Exodus 1:10Come on! let us shew ourselves wise with regard to them, lest they so multiply that it shall come to pass when war befalleth us, that they also, shall join themselves unto them who hate us, and shall make war upon us. and then go up out of the land.
Exodus 32:4And he received [the gold] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf, and they said—These, are thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up, out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:14And unto me, gave Yahweh command, at that time, to teach you statutes and regulations,—that ye should do them, in the land whereinto ye are passing over to possess it.
1 Kings 12:8But he declined the counsel of the elders which they gave him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, who were standing before himself;
2 Kings 17:8and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel,—and [in the statutes] of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
2 Chronicles 11:15and appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for the demons—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 →