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1 Kings 12:28

King James Version (KJV)

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Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 12:28 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 12:28

Theological / Devotional

Calves of gold. This was a renewal of the worship by which Israel had brought judgments on themselves in the wilderness (Ex. 32:1–35). By thus rejecting the Lord, Israel was taking a course that could end only in ruin. Disaster is inevitable when men forsake the Creator of heaven and earth for the worship of calves of gold.

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