1 Kings 12:28

Jeroboam Becomes King Over Israel

²⁷ If these people regularly go to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, the heart of these people will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will murder me and go back to the king of Judah.” ²⁸ So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.” ²⁹ He set up one in Bethel, and put the other in Dan.

Brought You Out of Egypt

Calves of Gold

Going Up to Jerusalem

Golden Calves

Out of Egypt

Who Brought You Out of the Land of Egypt

Egypt

Israel

Jerusalem

Exodus 32:4

He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.

Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

Exodus 32:8

They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, ‘Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”

2 Kings 10:29

but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.

2 Kings 17:16

They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal.

2 Chronicles 11:15

Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made.

Hosea 8:4-7

They have installed kings,
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.

Exodus 1:10

Let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

Exodus 20:4

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:14-18

At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

1 Kings 12:8-9

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

Isaiah 30:1

Woe to the rebellious children!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan, but not Mine;
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.
Prophesy illusions.

Hosea 10:5-6

The residents of Samaria will have anxiety
over the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.