Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Living Translation There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites. English Standard Version and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. Berean Standard Bible There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. King James Bible 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 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. New American Standard Bible There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the same abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 And 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. Legacy Standard Bible There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel. Amplified Bible There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the repulsive acts of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the Israelites. Christian Standard Bible there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites. Holman Christian Standard Bible there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites. 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. 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. English Revised Version and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drave out before the children of Israel. GOD'S WORD® Translation There were even male prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah did all the disgusting practices done by the nations that the LORD had forced out of the Israelites' way. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version They even maintained male shrine prostitutes throughout the land, and imitated every detestable practice that the nations practiced whom the LORD had expelled in front of the Israelis. Majority Standard Bible There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. NET Bible There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites. New Heart English Bible and there were also male shrine prostitutes in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drove out before the children of Israel. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand a whoremonger has also been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons 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. Smith's Literal Translation And also there was a holy place in the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the face of the sons of Israel. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThere were also the effeminate in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the people whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, the effeminate were in the land, and they committed all the abominations of the peoples that the Lord had destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel. New American Bible There were also pagan priests in the land. Judah imitated all the abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out of the Israelites’ way. New Revised Standard Version there were also male temple prostitutes in the land. They committed all the abominations of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd there were also Sodomites in the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And also fornication was in the land, and they did according to every abomination of the nations which LORD JEHOVAH destroyed from before the sons of Israel. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and there were also sodomites in the land; they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drove out before the children of Israel. Brenton Septuagint Translation And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Rehoboam's Reign in Judah…23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. Cross References Leviticus 18:22-30 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. / You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion. / Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. ... Deuteronomy 23:17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. Judges 2:11-13 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah. Romans 1:26-27 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 2 Chronicles 33:9 So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. Ezekiel 16:50 Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. 2 Kings 17:7-12 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ... 2 Kings 21:11 “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin, 2 Kings 16:3 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 2 Kings 21:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 2 Kings 17:17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. 2 Kings 23:24 Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD. 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. Treasury of Scripture 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. And there 1 Kings 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 1 Kings 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. Genesis 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. Jump to Previous Abominations Cast Children Cult Detestable Disgusting Dispossessed Driven Drove Engaged Gods Israel Male Nations Practices Prostitutes Purposes Sex Shrine Sodomites Used Whoremonger WorshipJump to Next Abominations Cast Children Cult Detestable Disgusting Dispossessed Driven Drove Engaged Gods Israel Male Nations Practices Prostitutes Purposes Sex Shrine Sodomites Used Whoremonger Worship1 Kings 14 1. Abijah being sick, 2. Jeroboam sends his wife, disguised, with presents to the prophet Ahijah 5. Ahijah forewarned by God, denounces God's judgment 17. Abijah dies, and is buried 19. Nadab succeeds Jeroboam 21. Rehoboam's wicked reign, 25. Shishak raids Jerusalem 29. Abijam succeeds Rehoboam There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. This phrase highlights the presence of male shrine prostitutes, also known as "qedeshim," which were associated with Canaanite religious practices. These individuals were involved in ritualistic sexual acts as part of pagan worship, particularly in the service of fertility gods like Baal and Asherah. The presence of such practices in Israel indicates a significant departure from the worship of Yahweh, as these acts were explicitly condemned in the Mosaic Law (Deuteronomy 23:17-18). The existence of these practices in the land reflects the influence of surrounding pagan cultures and the Israelites' failure to fully separate themselves from the idolatrous customs of the Canaanites. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. Persons / Places / Events 1. RehoboamThe king of Judah during this time, whose reign was marked by a departure from the ways of the LORD, leading to the introduction of idolatry and pagan practices. 2. Judah The southern kingdom of Israel, where these abominable practices were taking place under Rehoboam's rule. 3. Male Shrine Prostitutes Individuals involved in pagan religious practices, which included sexual rites that were considered abominable by the standards of the LORD. 4. The LORD The God of Israel, who had previously driven out the nations practicing these abominations to establish a holy people. 5. The Nations Driven Out The Canaanite nations that previously inhabited the land and practiced idolatry and other abominations, which the Israelites were commanded to avoid. Teaching Points The Danger of CompromiseRehoboam's reign illustrates how compromising with surrounding cultures can lead to spiritual decline. Believers today must be vigilant in maintaining their distinctiveness as God's people. Holiness as a Calling Just as Israel was called to be holy and separate from the nations, Christians are called to live lives that reflect God's holiness, avoiding practices that are contrary to His will. The Consequences of Idolatry The introduction of idolatry and pagan practices led to moral and spiritual decay in Judah. Modern believers must guard against idolatry in all its forms, whether material, relational, or ideological. Repentance and Restoration Despite Judah's failings, God's desire is always for repentance and restoration. Believers should seek God's forgiveness and strive to return to His ways when they fall short. The Role of Leadership Rehoboam's failure as a leader had widespread consequences. This underscores the importance of godly leadership in guiding others towards righteousness.(24) Sodomites.--See 1Kings 15:12; 2Kings 23:7. There is a horrible significance in the derivation of this word, which is properly "consecrated," or "devoted;" for it indicates the license, and even the sanction, of unnatural lusts in those consecrated to the abominations of Nature-worship. The appearance of such in the land, whether Canaanites or apostate Israelites, is evidently noted as the climax of the infinite corruption which had set in, rivalling--and, if rivalling, exceeding in depth of wickedness--the abominations of the old inhabitants of the land. That such horrors are not incompatible with advance in knowledge and material civilisation, history tells us but too plainly. To find them sanctioned under cover of religious ritual marks, however, a lower depth still.Verse 24. - And there were also Sodomites [קָדֵשׁ, a collective noun = הַקְּדֵשִׁים (1 Kings 15:12) = consecrated persons or devotees, because they were set apart to the service of Astarte, the Dea Syria. It is clear from Deuteronomy 23:18 (Heb.) that male prostitutes are here spoken of, the name of the female being קְדֵשָׁה. The former is described in ver. 19 50.c. as a dog, the latter as a whore] in the land [cf. 1 Kings 15:12. It is highly probable that these infamous persons were of Canaanite or Phoenician origin (this being a Phoenician superstition, Movers, "Phoniz." 1:671), but it is somewhat precarious to found an assertion to that effect on these last words (as Bahr)], and [Heb. omits and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations [see Leviticus 18:20; Deuteronomy 18:9-12] which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. ["Here we see a reason for God's command, requiring the extirpation of the Canaanites" (Wordsworth).] Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew There wereהָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be even וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and male cult prostitutes קָדֵ֖שׁ (qā·ḏêš) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6945: A, sacred person, a, devotee, to licentious idolatry in the land. בָאָ֑רֶץ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land They imitated עָשׂ֗וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make all כְּכֹל֙ (kə·ḵōl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the abominations הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת (hat·tō·w·‘ă·ḇōṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol of the nations הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had driven out הוֹרִ֣ישׁ (hō·w·rîš) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin before מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the Israelites. בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son Links 1 Kings 14:24 NIV1 Kings 14:24 NLT 1 Kings 14:24 ESV 1 Kings 14:24 NASB 1 Kings 14:24 KJV 1 Kings 14:24 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 14:24 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 14:24 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 14:24 French Bible 1 Kings 14:24 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 14:24 And there were also sodomites (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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