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1 Kings 14:9
9Instead you have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made yourself other gods—molten images to vex Me—and have cast Me behind your 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 says Adonai, God of Israel: ‘I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel. 8I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it you. Yet you have not been like My servant David who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes. Instead you have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made yourself other gods—molten images to vex Me—and have cast Me behind your back. 10Therefore, I am about to bring evil on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off to Jeroboam even one man, bond and free, in Israel. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns the dung until it is all gone. 11Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat. For Adonai has 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- But hast doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- evilרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
- above all that were beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- thee: for thou hast goneיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- and madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- thee otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
- godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- and molten imagesמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
- to provoke me to angerכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
- and hast castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
- me behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- thy backגַּוgav · the backH1458
Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:9
- 1 Kings 14:16So He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam which he committed, and caused Israel to commit.”
- 1 Kings 12:28So the king sought counsel and made two golden calves. He said to them, “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough! Here are your gods O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
- 1 Kings 13:33Even after this, Jeroboam did not turn back from his evil way, but once again, he appointed priests for the high places from among all ranks of the people. Whoever wanted to be a priest, he consecrated him for the high places.
- 1 Kings 15:34He did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, and followed the way of Jeroboam and the sin that he had made Israel commit.
- 1 Kings 16:31Now, as if it was a trifling thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he also took as wife Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
- Deuteronomy 32:16They made him jealous with strangers, with abominations they angered Him.
- Judges 5:8They chose new gods— then war was in the gates. No shield or spear was seen among 40,000 in Israel!
- 2 Chronicles 11:15and had appointed his own priests for the high places, for the he-goats and for the calves that 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 human hands.
- Isaiah 44:9Those who fashion idols are empty. Their precious things do not profit. Their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be put to shame.
- Jeremiah 10:14Everyone is stupid, ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idol! His molten image is a fraud. There is no breath in them.
- 1 Kings 14:22Judah did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes. They provoked Him to jealousy with more than all that their forefathers had done with the sins that they committed.
- Deuteronomy 9:8At Horeb you provoked Adonai to wrath, and Adonai was angry with you—enough to destroy you.
- 2 Kings 21:3For he rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and bowed down to all the host of heaven and worshipped them.
- 2 Kings 23:26Nevertheless, Adonai did not turn from the fury of His great wrath which burned against Judah, because of all that Manasseh had provoked Him.
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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