1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, ¹  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ²  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 18:25

18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” ³ 

¹ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

³ tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.