28 So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods[a] who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”(A) 29 He set up one in Bethel,(B) and put the other in Dan.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:28 Or here is your God, or here is your god

Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,(A)
the trumpet in Ramah;(B)
raise the war cry in Beth-aven:(C)
Look behind you,[a] Benjamin!(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:8 Or We will follow you

The residents of Samaria(A) will have anxiety
over the calf(B) of Beth-aven.(C)
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.(D)
It will certainly go into exile.

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The high places(A) of Aven, the sin of Israel,(B)
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.(C)
They will say to the mountains,(D) “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!” (E)

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