“Now y’all intend to resist the kingdom of YHWH, which is in the hand of the sons of David. Y’all are a vast number, and have with y’all the golden calves which Jeroboam made y’all for as gods.
So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. Then he said to them, “It is too much for y’all to go up to Jerusalem. Israel, here are your gods that brought you up from the land of Egypt!”
Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
and he said, “YHWH, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
Blessed be YHWH your God, who delighted in you and set you on his throne to be king for YHWH your God, because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever. Therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back,