²⁸ So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. He said to the people,^[a] “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”^(A)

³⁰ And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one at Bethel and before the other as far as Dan.^[a](A)