A moment in scripture
1 Kings 12:28
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.
The surrounding passage
- 1 Kings 12:26
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
- 1 Kings 12:27
If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 12:29
And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.
- 1 Kings 12:30
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.