28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, |It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!|


In Context

25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.

26 Jeroboam said in his heart, |Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

27 If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.|

28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, |It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!|

29 He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

30 This thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.

1 Kings 12:28 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:28Whereupon 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:28And finding out a device he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:28And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:28Upon which the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:28And the king taketh counsel, and maketh two calves of gold, and saith unto them, 'Enough to you of going up to Jerusalem; lo, thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.