²⁸ After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.^(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”^(B)

⁸ “And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants.^(A) You are indeed a vast army and have with you^(B) the golden calves^(C) that Jeroboam made to be your gods.