2 Kings 10:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The sins

1 Kings 14:16

Made israel

The golden calves

In beth-el

1 Kings 12:29

General references

Hosea 8:2

Bible References

The sins

He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He continued in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate them.

After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, "It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt."

After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit."

Made israel

Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!"

Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?"

This ought not to be, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord's people is not good.

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

The golden calves

He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!

The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.

Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them: "Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!"

In beth-el

He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

General references

Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!"