jSee 1 Kgs. 12:28
Exodus 32:4
4 aAnd he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden ▼▼Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
calf. And they said, c“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” Hosea 8:5-6
5 dI have ▼▼Hebrew He has
spurned your calf, O Samaria.My anger burns against them.
fHow long will they be incapable of innocence?
6For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
gThe calf of Samaria
hshall be broken to pieces. ▼
▼Or shall go up in flames
Hosea 10:5
5The inhabitants of Samaria tremblefor jthe calf ▼
▼Or calves
of lBeth-aven.Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and mover its glory—
for it has departed ▼
▼Or has gone into exile
from them.Hosea 13:2
2And now they sin more and more,and omake for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
pall of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice qkiss calves!”
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