The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of th
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-ave
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured an
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Ashera
“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every r
And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artem
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you
Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and
He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘Wh
And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a