1 Kings 12:26 And Jerobo′am 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 house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people
will turn again to their lord, to Rehobo′am king of Judah, and they will kill
me and return to Rehobo′am 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,[a] 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 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to the one at Bethel and to
the other as far as Dan.[b] 31 He also made houses on high places, and
appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites. 32
And Jerobo′am appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like
the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices upon the altar; so he
did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in
Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
Footnotes:
a. 12.28 Behold your gods: Jeroboam seems to have had no
intention of introducing false gods. These were to be images of Yahweh. But in doing
this he debased the whole idea of true worship and made it more like pagan
religion, to which it was bound to lead in the end; cf. 16.31. Judah, with all
its advantages of temple and dynasty, was no better at this time, but reforms
were instituted at intervals.
b. 1 Kings 12:30 Gk: Heb went to the one as far as Dan
13:33 After this thing Jerobo′am did not turn from his evil way,
but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who
would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places. 34 And this thing
became sin to the house of Jerobo′am, so as to cut it off and to destroy it
from the face of the earth.
Psalm 106:6 Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have committed
iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
did not consider thy
wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love,
but rebelled against
the Most High[a]
at the Red Sea.
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 106:7 Cn Compare 78.17, 56: Heb at the sea
19 They made a calf in Horeb
and worshiped a molten
image.
20 They exchanged the glory of God
for the image of an ox
that eats grass.
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great
things in Egypt,
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and terrible things by the Red Sea.
Mark 8: Feeding
the Four Thousand
1 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they
had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them, 2 “I have
compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and
have nothing to eat; 3 and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will
faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way.” 4 And his disciples
answered him, “How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?” 5 And
he asked them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven.” 6 And he
commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves,
and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set
before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7 And they had a few
small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set
before them. 8 And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the broken
pieces left over, seven baskets full. 9 And there were about four thousand
people. 10 And he sent them away; and immediately he got into the boat with his
disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanu′tha.[a]
Footnotes:
a. Mark 8:10 Other ancient authorities read Magadan or Magdala
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