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Category: Jeroboam

  • Distinguishing Baal-Worship from Jeroboamic Idolatry

    There are at least two additional passages (beyond those we last discussed) that provide us with further evidence of the distinction between Baal-worship and the institution of the golden calves of Jeroboam, which were intended in service to the God who brought Israel up out of Egypt. 1 Kings 22:51-53 Ahaziah the son of Ahab…

  • Ahab vs. Jeroboam | 1st Command vs. 2nd Commandment

    Not all sins are equally heinous in God’s eyes. The sin of Jeroboam was to set up a rival worship of God according to his own imagination, with his own priests, and images, namely golden calves. He set up one of those in Dan and the other in Bethel. 1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king…

  • Response to Buracker on Israeli Idols

    BJ Buracker aka StupidScholar has posted a response (link to response) to an earlier post of mine on the Israeli idols of Elohim (link to my post). BJB writes: 1. The use of Elohim (God or “gods”) is inconclusive. It may refer to Yahweh, but does not have to. Something else would have to suggest…