1 Kings 12: 28

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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
KINGS
COMMONLY CALLED
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS

CHAPTER 12

28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and ^amade two ^bcalves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy ^cgods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Footnotes

28a	2 Kgs. 23: 15. 15 ¶ Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who ^amade Israel to sin, had made, both that ^baltar and the high place he ^cbrake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
b	2 Kgs. 10: 29. 29 ¶ Howbeit from the sins of ^aJeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to ^bsin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden ^ccalves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. 2 Kgs. 17: 16. 16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two ^acalves, and made a ^bgrove, and worshipped all the ^chost of heaven, and served ^dBaal. Hosea 8: 5 (5-7) 5 ¶ Thy ^acalf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ^bere they attain to innocency? Hosea 10: 5. 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the ^acalves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
c	TG Idolatry.