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1 Kings 12 28
So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,“ It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”
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1 Kings 16 31
And as though it were not enough to follow the sinful example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.
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1 Kings 14 15
Then the Lord will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the Lord with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.
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1 Kings 14 23
For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
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Deuteronomy 4:19
And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars— all the forces of heaven— don’t be seduced into worshiping them. The Lord your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.
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2 Kings 21 3
He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them.
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1 Kings 16 33
Then he set up an Asherah pole. He did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than any of the other kings of Israel before him.
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1 Kings 22 53
He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.
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1 Kings 15 13
He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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2 Kings 11 18
And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the Temple of the Lord.
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Isaiah 44:9-10
How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame.Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit?
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Exodus 32:4
Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed,“ O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
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Jeremiah 8:2
They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars— the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.
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Psalms 106:18-20
Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass eating bull.
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2 Kings 17 10
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.
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Exodus 32:8
How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted down gold and made a calf, and they have bowed down and sacrificed to it. They are saying,‘ These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
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2 Kings 10 18-2 Kings 10 28
Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them,“ Ahab’s worship of Baal was nothing compared to the way I will worship him!Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will be put to death.” But Jehu’s cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.Then Jehu ordered,“ Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!” So they did.He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came— not a single one remained behind— and they filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.And Jehu instructed the keeper of the wardrobe,“ Be sure that every worshiper of Baal wears one of these robes.” So robes were given to them.Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jehonadab son of Recab. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal,“ Make sure no one who worships the Lord is here— only those who worship Baal.”So they were all inside the temple to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the building and had warned them,“ If you let anyone escape, you will pay for it with your own life.”As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers,“ Go in and kill all of them. Don’t let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside. Then Jehu’s men went into the innermost fortress of the temple of Baal.They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and burned it.They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.In this way, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel.