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Jeroboam Lifts the Golden Calf

Name: Jeroboam Lifts the Golden Calf
Brand: GoodSalt
SKU: rhpas3868
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King Jeroboam raises a golden calf above his head, presenting a man-made object of worship with royal authority. The crowned ruler and the glowing idol recall the sin of Israel’s divided kingdom, when Jeroboam fashioned calves and declared them to be the gods who brought Israel up from Egypt. The image centers on the danger of political power reshaping worship for convenience and control.

In 1 Kings 12, Jeroboam feared that the people would return to Jerusalem and reunite under the house of David, so he set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan. The biblical account exposes idolatry not only as false religion but as a deliberate replacement of God’s command with human strategy. This artwork serves well for teaching on the divided kingdom, the first commandment, spiritual compromise, and the enduring call to worship the Lord alone.

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Keywords	golden calf idolatry israel Jeroboam king
Secondary Keywords	bethel bible story dan Divided Kingdom false worship first commandment idol rh
Tertiary Keywords	1 Kings forbidden worship northern kingdom royal authority Spiritual compromise
Scriptures	1 Kings 12:26-30 1 Kings 12:32-33 2 Kings 10:29 1 Kings 12 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David. 27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the temple of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.” 28 So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” 29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 30 Then this thing became a sin, for the people went as far as Dan to be before one. 1 Kings 12 32 And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made. 33 He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he instituted a feast for the people of Israel and went up to the altar to make offerings. 2 Kings 10 29 But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.

Jeroboam Lifts the Golden Calf

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