1 Kings 12:27-28

27If this people ago up to offer sacrifices in the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.” 28So the king took counsel and bmade two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. cBehold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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