According to your favorite verse, the Jews committed idolatry when they build the Ark of the Covenant and the Temple in Jerusalem.
Obeying God is not idolatry.
Disobeying God may well be.
Also, the ISRAELITES did NOT BOW DOWN TO THE ARK!
ONLY the HIGH PRIEST stood before the Ark and that ONCE A YEAR!
That ANY RC's could conflate the issue is more than a little problematic.
Your claim is an extremely hollow and shallow one. Compare the FACTS regarding even the Old Testament practices of Israel with the average Maryolatry behaviors of the RCC around the world.
THERE'S NO LOGICAL COMPARISON.
BTW, It's far from my favorite verse. It's just one of the ones most fitting to share with RC's hereon.
Once again we see the attempt to apply the letter of the law while missing the spirit.
They don’t apply the prohibition: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness…” but do apply “Thou shalt not bow down…”
When you are your own interpreter and interpretation-checker, self-contained internet theologian, you can get away with these obvious contradiction and errors.