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Sin of Jeroboam
The sin of Jeroboam refers to the actions of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, who set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan and altered the system of worship on his own authority. In the books of Kings, the expression became the standard by which the kings of the northern kingdom were evaluated.
Articles 252, showing 6
- 2 Kings 10Bible
2 Kings 10 recounts how Jehu wipes out the house of Ahab, the brothers of King Ahaziah of Judah, and the worshipers of Baal. It also records his twenty-eight-year reign, during which he did not turn from the sin of Jeroboam's golden calves.
- IdolatryBible
Idolatry is the worship of gods other than God or of images made by human hands. Scripture forbids it in the Ten Commandments and treats it as a fundamental sin that breaks the covenant.
- Lamb of GodBible
The Lamb of God is the title John the Baptist applied to Jesus, recorded in John 1. Conveying the idea of a sacrifice offered for sin, it became one of the principal expressions for the death and atoning work of Jesus.
- Battle of AiBible
The Battle of Ai is an event recorded in Joshua 7–8. After the fall of Jericho, Israel attacked the small city of Ai and was defeated once because of Achan's sin. Once the sin had been dealt with, Israel captured the city by means of an ambush.
- Blasphemy against the Holy SpiritDoctrine & Theology
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the sin of reviling the Holy Spirit, which Jesus said "shall not be forgiven." Denominations and theologians differ on what exactly this sin is.
Verses in the King James Version 24, showing 6
- 1 Kings 13:34
And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
- 1 Kings 14:16
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.
- 1 Kings 15:34
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 16:2
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
- 1 Kings 16:19
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
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