From Nave’s Topical Bible
Calf
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 18Passages listed
- 10Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Offered in sacrificeMicah 6:6
- Golden, made by AaronExodus 32Deuteronomy 9:16Nehemiah 9:18Psalms 106:19Acts 7:41
- Images of, set up in Beth-el and Dan by Jeroboam1 Kings 12:28–332 Kings 10:29
- Worshiped by Jehu2 Kings 10:29
- Prophecies against the golden calves at Beth-el1 Kings 13:1–51 Kings 13:32Jeremiah 48:13Hosea 8:5Hosea 8:6Hosea 10:5Hosea 10:6
- Altars of, destroyed2 Kings 23:42 Kings 23:15–20
- Calves of the lips, a metaphor signifying worshipHosea 14:2
The passages, in Bible order (18)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
Commentary on Exodus 32:12 voices
For he was of the sons of Israel, whom terrible signs accompanied up to the sea, that they might fear; and blessed miracles surrounded in the waste desert, that they might be reconciled; but through lack of faith, for a slight cause, they rejected them, …
Ephrem the Syrian· Homily - On Our Lord, 373Patristic
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 9:16
And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:161 voice
And I looked,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 12:28–33
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Commentary on 1 Kings 12:28–331 voice
While he prepared to establish the reign which was reserved to him by God according to the predictions of the prophets Shemaiah and Ahijah, Jeroboam thought that nothing could be more useful for his purpose than kindling the hatred of the two opposite parties to …
Ephrem the Syrian· ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 12:18, 373Patristic
- 1 Kings 13:1–5
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
Commentary on 1 Kings 13:1–51 voice
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 13:32
for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
Commentary on 1 Kings 13:321 voice
For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 10:29
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
Commentary on 2 Kings 10:291 voice
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 23:4
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
Commentary on 2 Kings 23:41 voice
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 23:15–20
He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
Commentary on 2 Kings 23:15–201 voice
Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made. For the worship of the calf there: both that altar, and the high place, he brake down; according to an ancient prophecy of the man of God, 1Ki 13:3 and of Amos in later times, Amo 9:1. and burnt the high place, and stamped it small to powder; that there might be no remains of it: and burnt the grove; either the grove of trees on it, or the idol that was in it.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Nehemiah 9:18
Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
Commentary on Nehemiah 9:181 voice
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf,.... In imitation of the Apis, or ox of the Egyptians: and said, this is thy god that brought thee out of Egypt; or the image of thy god, as the Arabic version, see Exo 32:4, and had wrought great provocations; of all which nothing was greater than idolatry.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 106:19
At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
Commentary on Psalms 106:192 voices
. Ver. 19. They made a calf in Horeb. In the very place where they had solemnly pledged themselves to obey the Lord they broke the second, if not the first, of his commandments, and set up the Egyptian symbol of the ox, and bowed before it. The ox image is here sarcastically called "a calf"; idols are worthy of no respect, scorn is never more legitimately used than when it is poured upon all attempts to set forth the Invisible God.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David (1869-1885)Reformed
They made a calf in Horeb,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jeremiah 48:13
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
Commentary on Jeremiah 48:131 voice
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Hosea 8:5
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Commentary on Hosea 8:51 voice
Your calf has been cast away, Samaria. My fury is against them: how long will they be incapable of purity? Because he is also from Israel: the craftsman made it, and it is not a god: for the calf of Samaria shall become spider's webs." LXX: "Cast away your calf, Samaria: my wrath is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity in Israel? And the craftsman made it, and it is not a god: because your calf, Samaria, was deceiving."
Jerome· Commentary on Hosea 8:5-6, 420Patristic
- Hosea 8:6
For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
Commentary on Hosea 8:62 voices
Your calf has been cast away, Samaria. My fury is against them: how long will they be incapable of purity? Because he is also from Israel: the craftsman made it, and it is not a god: for the calf of Samaria shall become spider's webs." LXX: "Cast away your calf, Samaria: my wrath is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity in Israel? And the craftsman made it, and it is not a god: because your calf, Samaria, was deceiving."
Jerome· Commentary on Hosea 8:5-6, 420Patristic
For from Israel was it also,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Hosea 10:5
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
Commentary on Hosea 10:51 voice
"The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped the cows of Bethaven, because its people have mourned over it; and its priests have rejoiced over it, for its glory has departed from it. Moreover, it has been carried away to Assyria, as a gift to the avenging king. Ephraim will be put to shame by the confusion he caused; Israel will be ashamed of his own will." LXX: "At the calf of the house of Ὦn, those who dwell in Samaria will reside: because his people mourned over him.
Jerome· Commentary on Hosea 10:5-6, 420Patristic
- Hosea 10:6
Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
Commentary on Hosea 10:62 voices
"The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped the cows of Bethaven, because its people have mourned over it; and its priests have rejoiced over it, for its glory has departed from it. Moreover, it has been carried away to Assyria, as a gift to the avenging king. Ephraim will be put to shame by the confusion he caused; Israel will be ashamed of his own will." LXX: "At the calf of the house of Ὦn, those who dwell in Samaria will reside: because his people mourned over him.
Jerome· Commentary on Hosea 10:5-6, 420Patristic
It shall also be carried unto Assyria for a present to King Jareb,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Hosea 14:2
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
Commentary on Hosea 14:21 voice
Take with you words, and turn to the Lord,.... Not mere words without the heart, but such as come from it, and express the true sense of it; words of confession, as the Targum; by which sin is acknowledged, and repentance declared, and forgiveness asked.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed