1 Kings 12:26-32
said in his heart Ps 14:1; Mark 2:6-8; Luke 7:39 Now shall 1Kgs 11:38; 1Sam 27:1; 2Chr 20:20; Isa 7:9; Jer 38:18-21; John 11:47-50; John 12:10-11, John 12:19; Acts 4:16-17 go up 1Kgs 8:29-30, 1Kgs 8:44, 1Kgs 11:32; Deut 12:5-7, Deut 12:14, Deut 16:2, Deut 16:6 and they shall Gen 12:12-13, Gen 26:7; Prov 29:25; 1Cor 1:19-20 took counsel 1Kgs 12:8-9; Exod 1:10; Isa 30:1 two calves of gold He invented a political religion, and instituted feasts in his own times, different from those appointed by Jehovah; gave the people certain objects of adoration, and pretended to think that it would be both inconvenient and oppressive to them to go up to Jerusalem to worship. These calves were doubtless of the same kind as the calf which was set up by Aaron; and it is remarkable, that in pointing them out to the people he should use the same words that Aaron used on that occasion, when they must have heard what terrible judgments fell upon their forefathers for this idolatry. Solomon's idolatry, however, had prepared the people for Jeroboam's abominations. Exod 20:4; Deut 4:14-18; 2Kgs 10:29, 2Kgs 17:16; 2Chr 11:15; Hos 8:4-7, Hos 10:5-6 It is too much Isa 30:10; 2Pet 2:19 behold Exod 32:4, Exod 32:8 Bethel Gen 12:8, Gen 28:19, Gen 35:1; Hos 4:15 Dan Gen 14:14; Deut 34:1; Judg 18:29-31, Judg 20:1; 2Kgs 10:29; Jer 8:16; Amos 8:14 became a sin 1Kgs 13:34; 2Kgs 10:31, 2Kgs 17:21 an house 1Kgs 13:24, 1Kgs 13:32; Deut 24:15; Ezek 16:25; Hos 12:11 priests 1Kgs 13:33; Num 3:10; 2Kgs 17:32; 2Chr 11:14-15, 2Chr 13:9; Ezek 44:6-8 like unto 1Kgs 8:2, 1Kgs 8:5; Lev 23:33, Lev 23:34-44; Num 29:12-40; Ezek 43:8; Matt 15:8-9 offered upon the altar or, went up to the altar, sacrificing. or, to sacrifice. he placed. Amos 7:10-13
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