28 So the king [a]consulted, and (A)made two golden (B)calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; (C)behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

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  1. 1 Kings 12:28 Lit took counsel

“Those who (A)lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They (B)bow down, indeed they worship it.

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The King’s Dream

31 “You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and [a]of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was (A)awesome.

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  1. Daniel 2:31 Lit its splendor was surpassing

“For she does (A)not know that it was (B)I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they [a]used for Baal.

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  1. Hosea 2:8 Or made into the

(A)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their (B)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That [a]they might be cut off.

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  1. Hosea 8:4 Lit he

19 “Woe to him who (A)says to a piece of wood, ‘(B)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with (C)gold and silver,
And there is (D)no breath at all inside it.

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