1 Kings 14:24

1 Kings 14:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of 1 Kings 14:24

22And 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. 23For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 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. 25And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 26And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

1 Kings 14:24 word by word

וְגַם־קָדֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֣ה בָאָ֑רֶץ עָשׂ֗וּ כְּכֹל֙ הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

• sodomitesקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · male cult prostituteH6945
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• outיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:24

• 1 Kings 15:12And he banished the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• 1 Kings 22:46And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he removed from the land.
• Genesis 19:5And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? bring them out to us, that we may know them.
• Deuteronomy 23:17There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
• Judges 19:22Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain perverted men, beset the house on all sides, and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.
• 2 Kings 23:7And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
• Romans 1:24Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24There were also sodomites in the land - קדשים kedeshim, consecrated persons; persons who had devoted themselves, in practices of the greatest impurity, to the service of the most impure idols.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Sodomites - literally, ” (men) consecrated.” The men in question were in fact “consecrated” to the mother of the gods, the famous “Dea Syra,” whose priests, or rather devotees, they were considered to be. The nature of the ancient idolatries is best understood by recollecting that persons of this degraded class practiced their abominable trade under a religious sanction.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. 23-24Solomon married foreign wives, which led his family into idol worship. Under Rehoboam's leadership, Judah continued the offensive practices of the pagan nations that lived in the land before the Israelites. When leaders are corrupt, a nation's spiritual decline often follows, leading to shame and ruin (Proverbs 14:34). Shrine prostitutes were common in Canaan but were forbidden for Israel (see study notes on Leviticus 17:7; Deuteronomy 23:17–18). They…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 14:24

• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sodomites
• Sodomy

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Children of Israel
• Cruse
• Guard
• Sodomites
• Ahijah
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Crime; Crimes
• God
• Harlot

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