²⁸ So the king ^[a]consulted, and ^(A)made two golden ^(B)calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; ^(C)behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.” ²⁹ He set ^(D)one in ^(E)Bethel, and the other he put in ^(F)Dan.

Amos Accused, Answers

¹⁰ Then Amaziah, the ^(A)priest of Bethel, sent word to ^(B)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has ^(C)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

¹³ But ^(A)no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a ^(B)sanctuary of the king and a royal ^[a]residence.”