1 Kings 14:22

1 Kings 14:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
• New International Version (NIV)Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

Context of 1 Kings 14:22

20Jeroboam ruled for 22 years. Then he lay down in death with his ancestors. His son Nadab succeeded him as king. 21Rehoboam, son of Solomon, ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel, the city where the Lord put his name. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah. The people of Judah did what the Lord considered evil. Their sins made him more angry than anything their ancestors had done. 23They built worship sites for themselves and ⌞put up⌟ large stones and Asherah poles to worship on every high hill and under every large tree. 24There 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.

1 Kings 14:22 word by word

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יְהוּדָ֛ה הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיְקַנְא֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ מִכֹּל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ אֲבֹתָ֔ם בְּחַטֹּאתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and they provoked him to jealousyקָנָאqânâ' · be jealousH7065
• with their sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• which they had committedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• above all that their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:22

• Judges 3:7The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They forgot the Lord their God and served other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Asherahs.
• Judges 4:1After Ehud died, the people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil.
• 2 Kings 17:19Even Judah didn’t obey the commands of the Lord their God but lived according to Israel’s customs.
• 2 Chronicles 12:1When Rehoboam had established his kingdom and made himself strong, he and all Israel abandoned the Lord’s teachings.
• Jeremiah 3:7I thought that after she had done all this that she would come back to me. But she didn’t come back, and her treacherous sister Judah saw her.
• 1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil things than everyone before you. You made other gods, metal idols, for yourself. You made me furious and turned your back to me.
• Deuteronomy 4:24The Lord your God is a raging fire, a God who does not tolerate rivals.
• Deuteronomy 29:28In his fierce anger and fury the Lord uprooted these people from their land and deported them to another country, where they still are today.”
• Deuteronomy 32:16They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods and angered him because they worshiped worthless idols.
• Psalms 78:58They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.
• Isaiah 65:3These people constantly and openly provoked me. They offered sacrifices in gardens and burnt incense on brick altars.
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?
• 1 Kings 16:30Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. He was worse than all ⌞the kings⌟ who were before him.
• 2 Kings 21:11“King Manasseh of Judah has done disgusting things, things more evil than what the Amorites who ⌞were here⌟ before him had done. Manasseh has also made Judah sin by ⌞worshiping⌟ his idols.
• Ezekiel 16:47You didn’t follow their ways. You didn’t do the same disgusting things that they did. It only took you a little time to be more corrupt than they ever were.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22This defection of Judah did not take place until Rehoboam‘s fourth year (marginal reference). They provoked him to jealousy - Compare Exodus 20:5; and on the force of the metaphor involved in the word, see Exodus 34:15 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen for his temple and his worship, shows that nothing can mend the hearts of fallen men but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit. On this alone may we depend; for this let us daily pray, in behalf of ourselves and all around us. The splendour of their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Judah did evil: Although Rehoboam started his reign with good spiritual intentions (2 Chronicles 11:5–17, 23), he abandoned God's principles (2 Chronicles 12:1).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 14:22

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jealousy
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Cruse
• Guard
• Ahijah
• Apostasy; Apostate
• God
• Jealousy
• Nadab
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Rehoboam

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings