Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Took counsel
Two calves of gold
It is too much
Behold
General references
Bible References
Took counsel
1 Kings 12:8
But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Exodus 1:10
Let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan, but not Mine;
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan,
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.
Two calves of gold
Exodus 20:4 Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:14
At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.
2 Kings 10:29
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.
2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal.
2 Chronicles 11:15
Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made.
Hosea 8:4 They have installed kings,
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.
Hosea 10:5 The residents of Samaria will have anxiety
over the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.
over the calf
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.
It is too much
Isaiah 30:10 They say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.
Prophesy illusions.
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.
Prophesy illusions.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.
Behold
Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.
Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”
Then they said, “Israel, this is your God,
General references
Exodus 20:4 Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
Leviticus 13:29
“When a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
Job 34:30 so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people.
or ensnare the people.
Isaiah 44:10 Who makes a god or casts a metal image
for no profit?
for no profit?