New International Version
1 Kings 14:22
22Judah 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)During Rehoboam’s reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors.
Context of 1 Kings 14:22
20He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king. 21Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. 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. 23They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 24There 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.
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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 Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Judges 4:1Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead.
- 2 Kings 17:19and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.
- 2 Chronicles 12:1After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 3:7I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
- 1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me.
- Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 29:28In furious anger and in great wrath the Lord uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”
- Deuteronomy 32:16They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.
- Psalms 78:58They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
- Isaiah 65:3a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- 1 Kings 16:30Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.
- 2 Kings 21:11“Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.
- Ezekiel 16:47You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.
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
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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
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