2 Kings 17:12

idols, whereof the Lord had said The prohibition is given in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:4) and repeated in many parts of the Law (cf. Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 5:8; Deuteronomy 27:15).

Ye shall not do this thing The LXX. adds -unto the Lord" τῷ κυρίῳ. This addition, though unsupported by the Hebrew, is in harmony with Deuteronomy 12:31, where after a warning against the practices of the heathen, it is added, -Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God". Cf. also Deuteronomy 12:4. The golden calves were set up by Jeroboam as a form of worship to Jehovah.