took counsel
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_11 12:8
But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_11 12:9
He asked them, "What message do you advise that we send back to these people who said to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_2 1:10
Let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply [further], and if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children! [This is] the LORD's declaration. They carry out a plan, but not Mine, They make an alliance, but against My will, piling sin on top of sin.
two calves of gold
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_2 20:4
Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_5 4:14-18
14
At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.
15
"Be extremely careful for your own good-- because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire--
16
not to act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,
17
or the form of any beast on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky,
18
any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 10:29
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit-- [worshiping] the golden calves that were in Bethel and Dan.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God. They made for themselves molded images-- even two calves-- and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_14 11:15
Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the [gold] calves he had made.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_28 8:4-7
4
They have installed kings, but not through Me. They have appointed leaders, but without My approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.
5
Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6
For this thing is from Israel-- a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
7
Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, foreigners would swallow it up.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_28 10:5
The residents of Samaria will have anxiety over the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it; the people will mourn over it, over its glory. It will certainly depart from them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_28 10:6
The calf itself will be taken to Assyria as an offering to the great king. Ephraim will experience shame; Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.
It is too much
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 30:10
They say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_61 2:19
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.
behold
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_2 32:4
He took [the gold] from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf. Then they said, "Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!"
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_2 32:8
They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, 'Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.'"