Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Kings 12:28

"Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." — 1 Kings 12:28 (ASV)

Truly, history repeats itself; only, if it is bad history, it is apt to grow worse. Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. This is almost exactly what they said in Aaron's days, when he made the ox which Scripture sarcastically calls a calf, the Egyptian image of strength. Jeroboam makes not merely one calf, but two; and he speaks of them in nearly the same language as they used concerning the golden calf in the wilderness: Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.