1 Kings 12:28
12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers,
he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,
“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 12:30
12:30 This caused Israel to sin;
the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves.
1 Kings 12:33
A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel
12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1 Kings 13:33-34
A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty
13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
13:34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.
1 Kings 16:31-33
16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.
16:32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.
16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he
did more to anger the
Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
1 Kings 16:2
16:2 “I raised you up
from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps
and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.
1 Kings 8:18
8:18 The
Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
1 Kings 17:19
17:19 He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.
Jeremiah 3:7-8
3:7 Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me.
But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.
3:8 She also saw
that I gave wayward Israel her divorce papers and sent her away because of her adulterous worship of other gods.
Even after her unfaithful sister Judah had seen this,
she still was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.
Hosea 4:15
Warning to Judah: Do Not Join in Israel’s Apostasy!
4:15 Although you, O Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty!
Do not journey to Gilgal!
Do not go up to Beth Aven!
Do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”