1 Kings 14:24 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 14:24

22 ^aNow Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they ^bprovoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

23 For they also built for themselves ^ahigh places, ^bsacred pillars, and ^cwooden images on every high hill and ^dunder every green tree.

24 ^aAnd there were also¹ perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the ^babominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out before the children of ^cIsrael.

25 ^aIt happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

26 ^aAnd he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away all the gold shields ^bwhich Solomon had made.

27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and¹ committed them to the hands of the captains of the² guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

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American Standard Version
and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.

Amplified® Bible
There were also sodomites (male cult prostitutes) in the land. They did all the abominations of the nations whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites.

Contemporary English Version
Even worse, they allowed prostitutes at the shrines, and followed the disgusting customs of the foreign nations that the LORD had forced out of Canaan.

Darby English Version
and there were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.

Good News Bible
Worst of all, there were men and women who served as prostitutes at those pagan places of worship. The people of Judah practiced all the shameful things done by the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced into the country.

King James Version
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

New International Version
There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

New King James Version
And there were also perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
There lived also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

Revised Standard Version
and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

New English Translation
There were also male cultic prostitutes¹ in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations² that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.

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