1 Kings 12:28
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1 Kings 12:28
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If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
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Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
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Verse Text
Whereupon the kingH4428 took counselH3289, and madeH6213 twoH8147 calvesH5695 of goldH2091, and saidH559 unto them, It is too muchH7227 for you to go upH5927 to JerusalemH3389: behold thy godsH430, O IsraelH3478, which brought thee upH5927 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.
וַיִּוָּעַץ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁנֵי עֶגְלֵי זָהָב וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם רַב־לָכֶם מֵעֲלֹות יְרוּשָׁלִַם הִנֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלוּךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/יִּוָּעַ֣ץ |
va/i.yi.va.'Atz | H3289 | HC/VNw3ms | and/ he took counsel |
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ |
ha./Me.lekh | H4428 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ king |
וַ/יַּ֕עַשׂ |
va/i.Ya.'as | H6213 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he made |
שְׁנֵ֖י |
she.Nei | H8147 | HAcmdc | two |
עֶגְלֵ֣י |
'eg.Lei | H5695 | HNcmpc | calves of |
זָהָ֑ב |
za.Hav | H2091 | HNcmsa | gold |
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר |
va/i.Yo.mer | H559 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he said |
אֲלֵ/הֶ֗ם |
'a.le./Hem | H413 | HR/Sp3mp | to/ them |
רַב |
rav- | H7227 | HAamsa | (too) much |
לָ/כֶם֙ |
la./Khem | HR/Sp2mp | for/ you | |
מֵ/עֲל֣וֹת |
me./'a.Lot | H5927 | HR/Vqc | for/ going up |
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם |
ye.ru.sha.Lim | H3389 | HNp | Jerusalem |
הִנֵּ֤ה |
hi.Neh | H2009 | HTm | here! |
אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ |
'e.lo.Hei./kha | H430 | HNcmpc/Sp2ms | gods/ your |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | O Israel |
אֲשֶׁ֥ר |
'a.Sher | H834 | HTr | which |
הֶעֱל֖וּ/ךָ |
he.'e.Lu./kha | H5927 | HVhp3cp/Sp2ms | they brought up/ you |
מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ |
me./'E.retz | H776 | HR/Ncbsc | from/ (the) land of |
מִצְרָֽיִם |
mitz.Ra.yim | H4714 | HNp | Egypt |
- H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh) H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
- H3289 — יָעַץ (yâʻats, yaw-ats'): a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve; advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
- H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yᵉrûwshâlayim); a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם (Yᵉrûwshâlêm) H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה (yârâh) H3384 and שָׁלַם (shâlam) H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
- H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה (sârâh) H8280 and אֵל (ʼêl) H410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ (mâlak) H4427; a king; king, royal.
- H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר (mâtsôwr) H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
- H5695 — עֵגֶל (ʻêgel, ay-ghel): from the same as עָגֹל (ʻâgôl) H5696; a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer); bullock, calf.
- H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
- H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
- H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב (râbab) H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
- H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי (shênîy) H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם (shᵉttayim); two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל (ʼel) ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
- H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
- H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן (hên) H2005; lo!; behold, lo, see.
Verse Cross-References
- behold — Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:8
- It is too much — Isaiah 30:10, 2 Peter 2:19
- took counsel — Exodus 1:10, 1 Kings 12:8-9, Isaiah 30:1
- two calves of gold — Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 4:14-18, 2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Chronicles 11:15, Hosea 8:4-7, Hosea 10:5-6
Reciprocal references (31): Leviticus 13:29, Deuteronomy 12:13, 1 Kings 14:9, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 15:34, 1 Kings 16:19, 1 Kings 22:52, 2 Kings 2:23, 2 Kings 3:3, 2 Kings 14:24, 2 Kings 16:3, 2 Kings 17:8, 2 Kings 17:21, 2 Kings 23:15, 2 Chronicles 11:14, 2 Chronicles 13:8, 2 Chronicles 15:3, 2 Chronicles 17:4, 2 Chronicles 25:7, Job 34:30, Isaiah 31:7, Isaiah 44:10, Isaiah 46:6, Jeremiah 48:13, Ezekiel 16:15, Ezekiel 23:8, Ezekiel 48:1, Daniel 3:1, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 10:8, Amos 8:14
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: COUNSEL; FALSE WORSHIP
- Torrey’s: CALVES OF JEROBOAM; IDOLATRY; OFFENCE; REBELLION AGAINST GOD; SINS, NATIONAL
- Nave’s: BETH-EL; CALF; CHURCH AND STATE; DAN; JEROBOAM; RELIGION; RULERS; STATECRAFT
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