Study it in the app“So the king sought counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, “Enough for you of going up to Jerusalem. Look, your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.””
So the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsought counselיִּוָּעַץand madeוַיַּעַשׂtwoשְׁנֵיcalvesעֶגְלֵיof gold.זָהָבAnd he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Enoughרַבfor youלָכֶםof going upמֵעֲלוֹתto Jerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִַםLook,הִנֵּהyour gods,אֱלֹהֶיךָIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought you upהֶעֱלוּךָfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt.”מִצְרָיִם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearstake counsel
To ask others what to do, decide together.
Where else “yivaats” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearscalf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egle” appearsgold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsenough
A word to stop something that has become too much: it is enough.
Where else “rav” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “alot” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsThese are almost the same words that were said before the golden calf in the wilderness (Exodus 32:4). The Hebrew word is “elohim,” which can be said of the true Elohim or of false gods; here the verb is plural (“brought you up”) and there are two calves, so it is translated “your gods.” The text itself calls this sin (verse 30).
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
27If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the house of YHWH in Jerusalem, the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah; they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28 · This verse (above)
29He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
