1 Kings 12:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jeroboam asked for advice and then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, “Listen everyone! You won't have to go to Jerusalem to worship any more. Here are your gods who rescued you from Egypt.”

Cross References

1 Kings 14:9

“You have made me very angry by rejecting me and making idols out of gold. Jeroboam, you have done more evil things than any king before you.

1 Kings 15:26

Nadab disobeyed the LORD by following the evil example of his father, who had caused the Israelites to sin.

1 Kings 16:19

Zimri had disobeyed the LORD by following the evil example of Jeroboam, who had caused the Israelites to sin.

2 Kings 10:29

But he did not stop the worship of the gold statues of calves at Dan and Bethel that Jeroboam had made for the people to worship.

2 Kings 17:16

The people of Israel disobeyed all the commands of the LORD their God. They made two gold statues of calves and set up a sacred pole for Asherah; they also worshipped the stars and the god Baal.

2 Kings 17:8

followed the customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel, and were just as sinful as the Israelite kings.

2 Chronicles 11:14

And since Jeroboam and the kings of Israel who followed him would not allow any Levites to serve as priests, most Levites left their towns and pasture lands in Israel and moved to Jerusalem and other towns in Judah.

2 Chronicles 11:15

Jeroboam chose his own priests to serve at the local shrines in Israel and at the places of worship where he had set up statues of goat-demons and of calves.

2 Chronicles 13:8

Now you and your powerful army think you can stand up to the kingdom that the LORD has given to David's descendants. The only gods you have are those gold statues of calves that Jeroboam made for you.

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time, the people of Israel did not worship the true God or listen to priests who could teach them about God. They refused to obey God's Law.

2 Chronicles 21:6

Jehoram married Ahab's daughter and followed the sinful example of Ahab's family and the other kings of Israel. He disobeyed the LORD by doing wrong,

Exodus 1:10

If we don't outsmart them, their families will keep growing larger. And if our country goes to war, they could easily fight on the side of our enemies and escape from Egypt.

Exodus 20:4

Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the sea under the earth.

Exodus 32:25

Moses knew that the people were out of control and that it was Aaron's fault. And now they had made fools of themselves in front of their enemies.

Exodus 32:4

then he melted them and made an idol in the shape of a young bull. All the people said to one another, “This is the god who brought us out of Egypt!”

Exodus 32:8

They have already stopped obeying me and have made themselves an idol in the shape of a young bull. They have bowed down to it, offered sacrifices, and said that it is the god who brought them out of Egypt.

Proverbs 14:12

You may think you are on the right road and still end up dead.

Isaiah 30:1

This is the LORD's message for his rebellious people: “You follow your own plans instead of mine; you make treaties without asking me, and you keep on sinning.

Isaiah 30:10

and have said to his messengers and prophets: Don't tell us what God has shown you and don't preach the truth. Just say what we want to hear, even if it's false.

Ezekiel 16:26

To make me angry, you even offered yourself to Egyptians, who were always ready to sleep with you.

Ezekiel 23:8

Once she started doing these things in Egypt, she never stopped. Men slept with her, and she was always ready for sex.

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar ordered a gold statue to be built twenty-seven metres high and nearly three metres wide. He had it set up in Dura Valley near the city of Babylon,

Hosea 10:10

Your sins have doubled, and you are rebellious. Now I have decided to send nations to attack and put you in chains.

Hosea 10:8

The altars at sinful Bethel will be destroyed for causing Israel to sin; they will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. Then everyone will beg the mountains and hills to cover and protect them.

Amos 5:5

Don't go to Gilgal or Bethel or even to Beersheba. Gilgal will be dragged away, and Bethel will end up as nothing.”

Amos 8:14

You made promises in the name of Ashimah, the goddess of Samaria. And you made vows in my name at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. But you will fall and never get up.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.

1 Samuel 27:1

but he thought to himself, “One of these days, Saul is going to kill me. The only way to escape from him is to go to Philistia. Then I'll be outside Israel, and Saul will give up trying to catch me.”