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 12:32
12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month,
like the festival celebrated in Judah.
On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made.
In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
1 Kings 12:2
12:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
1 Kings 10:29
10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
1 Kings 10:2
10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem
with a great display of pomp,
bringing with her camels carrying spices,
a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
1 Kings 11:15
11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom,
Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.
1 Kings 13:8
13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions,
I could not go with you and eat and drink
in this place.
Hosea 8:4-5
The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel
8:4 They enthroned kings without my consent!
They appointed princes without my approval!
They made idols out of their silver and gold,
but they will be destroyed!
8:5 O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol!
My anger burns against them!
They will not survive much longer without being punished,
even though they are Israelites!
Hosea 10:5
The Calf Idol and Idolaters of Samaria Will Be Exiled
10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven.
Its people will mourn over it;
its idolatrous priests will wail over it,
because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.
Hosea 13:2
13:2 Even now they persist in sin!
They make metal images for themselves,
idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver;
all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen!
There is a saying about them:
“Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!”