Jeroboam never denied Jehovah—calf-cult was relative, referred to him, and still branded gravest idolatry
No rival deity was preached—only Jehovah via calf-symbols.
Scripture’s idolatry verdict on that relative cult proves the law bans relative image-adoration too.
Latin
XL. Adde quod Jeroboam, dum vitulos conflavit, ut essent divinitatis symbola quae populus adoraret, non ideo negavit Jehovam esse verum Deum, nec alium Deum populo proposuit. Unde sequitur, cultum illum relativum fuisse, & ad Jehovam referri: qui tamen cultus in Scriptura tanquam idololatria gravissima damnatur. Quod evidens argumentum est, non solum absolutam, sed etiam relativam imaginum adorationem lege divina prohiberi.