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1 Kings 12:28-30

28Whereupon the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428took counselוַיִּוָּעַ֣ץvai.yi.va.'AtzH3289,and madeוַיַּ֕עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213twoשְׁנֵ֖יshe.NeiH8147calvesעֶגְלֵ֣י'eg.LeiH5695ofgoldזָהָ֑בza.HavH2091,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, It is too muchרַב־rav-H7227for you to go upמֵעֲל֣וֹתme.'a.LotH5927to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389:behold thy godsאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,which brought thee upהֶעֱל֖וּךָhe.'e.Lu.khaH5927out of the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

29And he setוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760the oneהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259in Beth–elH1008,and the otherהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259putנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414he in Danבְּדָֽן׃be.DanH1835.

30And this thingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697became a sinלְחַטָּ֑אתle.cha.TatH2403:for the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971wentH3212to worshipbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the oneהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259, evenunto Danדָּֽן׃DanH1835.

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