Revised Version 1895
1 Kings 14:9
9but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
1 Kings 14:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
- New International Version (NIV)You 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and metal images, provoking me to anger, and have cast me behind your back,
- New King James Version (NKJV)but you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back—
Context of 1 Kings 14:9
7Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: 10therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone. 11Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃ סRead the interlinear
- doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- evilרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
- aboveפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- goneהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
- godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- imagesמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
- provokeכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
- castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
- behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:9
- 1 Kings 14:16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 12:28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 13:33After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
- 1 Kings 15:34And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 16:31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
- Deuteronomy 32:16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Judges 5:8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- 2 Chronicles 11:15and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.
- Psalms 106:19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Isaiah 44:9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit: and their own witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 10:14Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- 1 Kings 14:22And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
- Deuteronomy 9:8Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
- 2 Kings 21:3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
- 2 Kings 23:26Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Above all that were before thee - i. e., above all previous rulers of the people, whether Judges or kings. Hereto none of the rulers of Israel had set up the idolatrous worship of ephod, teraphim, and the like Judges 18:17, as a substitute for the true religion, or sought to impose an idolatrous system on the nation. Gideon‘s ephod “became a snare” contrary to his intention Judges 8:27. Solomon‘s high places were private - built for the use of his wives…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-20Verses 7-20 Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of the worst families, in whom…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Unlike David, who truly repented for his sins (2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 51:2–4), Jeroboam did more evil than those before him. Even with clear signs of God's displeasure and warnings of judgment (1 Kings 13:33), he did not change his ways. His sins would lead to serious consequences for his family and descendants (1 Kings 13:34; 14:10–11, 14) and eventually affect the entire northern kingdom (14:16). molten images: see 1 Kings 12:26–30.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-113-11. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake. The prophet was blind, but having received divine premonition of the pretended countrywoman's coming, he addressed her as the queen the moment she appeared, apprised her of the calamities which, in consequence of the ingratitude of Jeroboam, his apostasy, and…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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