^28 (A) Jeroboam asked for advice and then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, “Listen everyone! You won't have to go to Jerusalem to worship anymore. Here are your gods^[a] who rescued you from Egypt.”

^41 (A) Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf. They offered sacrifices to the idol and were pleased with what they had done.