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1 Kings 12:28

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.

KJV

Et excogitato consilio fecit duos vitulos aureos, et dixit eis : Nolite ultra ascendere in Jerusalem : ecce dii tui Israël, qui te eduxerunt de terra Ægypti.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐβουλεύσατο ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἐποίησεν δύο δαμάλις χρυσᾶς, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν λαόν Ἱκανούσθω ὑμῖν ἀναβαίνειν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ· ἰδοὺ θεοί σου, Ἰσραήλ, οἱ ἀναγαγόντες σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου.

LXX

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he 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.

ASV

וַ/יִּוָּעַ֣ץ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַ/יַּ֕עַשׂ שְׁנֵ֖י עֶגְלֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֗ם רַב לָ/כֶם֙ מֵ/עֲל֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם הִנֵּ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֱל֖וּ/ךָ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
nv'tsym
verb · 79×
עֵ֖גֶל
'gl
noun · 34×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 14:9 — But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
  • 1Kgs 15:26 — And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
  • 1Kgs 15:34 — And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
  • 1Kgs 16:19 — For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
  • 2Chr 11:14 — For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:
  • 2Chr 11:15 — And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
  • 2Chr 11:15 — And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
  • 2Chr 13:8 — And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
  • 2Chr 15:3 — Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
  • 2Chr 17:4 — But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
  • 2Chr 21:6 — And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
  • 2Kgs 10:29 — Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
  • 2Kgs 10:29 — Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
  • 2Kgs 14:24 — And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
  • 2Kgs 17:16 — And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
  • 2Kgs 17:16 — And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
  • 2Kgs 17:21 — For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
  • Amos 8:14 — They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
  • Dan 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
  • Exod 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
  • Exod 32:4 — And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
  • Exod 32:4 — And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
  • Exod 32:8 — They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, w
  • Exod 32:8 — They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, w
  • Ezek 23:8 — Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
  • Hos 8:4 — They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
  • Hos 10:8 — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on u