1 Kings 12:28
New King James Version
28 Therefore the king asked advice, (A)made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. (B)Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”
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1 Kings 12:29
New King James Version
29 And he set up one in (A)Bethel, and the other he put in (B)Dan.
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Hosea 8:5
New King James Version
5 Your [a]calf [b]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(A)How long until they attain to innocence?
Hosea 8:6
New King James Version
6 For from Israel is even this:
A (A)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
Hosea 13:2
New King James Version
2 Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let [a]the men who sacrifice [b]kiss the calves!”
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
- Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses
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