1 Kings 14:22-24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 14:21-31

Judah's story and Israel's are intermixed in this book. Jeroboam out-lived Rehoboam, four or five years, yet his history is despatched first, that the account of Rehoboam's reign may be laid together; and a sad account it is. I. Here is no good said of the king. All the account we have of him here is, 1. That he was forty-one years old when he began to reign, by which reckoning he was born in the last year of David, and had his education, and the forming of his mind, in the best days of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:22

And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord ,.... At the end of three years, from the beginning of the reign of Rehoboam: and they provoked him to jealousy, with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done ; that is, with their idolatries; for they were the sins which moved the Lord to jealousy, and provoked the eyes of his glory; in which they had outdone not the ten tribes, but their fathers, in the times of Moses, Joshua, and the judges, and of their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:23

For they also built them high places ,.... Which, though allowed of, or at least connived at, before the temple was built, and when the tabernacle was unfixed, yet afterwards unlawful; and the tribe of Judah could have no excuse for them, who had the temple in their tribe: and images ; contrary to the express command of God, Exodus 20:4 , and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree ; that is, set up idols, and temples for idols, amidst groves of trees, and under all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:24

And there were also Sodomites in the land , Such as were addicted to unnatural lusts between men and men, which the men of Sodom were guilty of, from whence they had their name: Jarchi interprets the word adultery and some versions render it whoremongers; and filthy actions of this nature, both by men and women, usually attended idolatrous practices among the heathens; in their temples and groves such wickednesses were privately perpetrated: and they did according to all the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:24

There 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 more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:21-24

The Sin of Judah. Having discoursed of Jeroboam and the kingdom of Israel, the sacred historian now returns to Rehoboam and the sister kingdom of Judah. To have found a better state of things here would have been refreshing, but in this we are disappointed. How fearful was the moral state of the whole world in those days! I. JUDAH HAD FALLEN INTO THE GROSSEST IDOLATRY . 1 . He had multiplied high places . 2 . He had built many temples . 3 . He had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:21-31

Unfaithfulness and its rebuke. I. JUDAH 'S SIN . 1 . The nature of the transgression . The grossest idolatry was set side by side with the pure worship of God. The temple and its services were still HIS ( 1 Kings 14:28 ), but on every high hill and under every green tree were the images and altars of the false gods. The preservation of the pure worship of God is no proof that all is yielded which God demands. The heart may be full of the world's idolatries, of its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:22

And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord [not, however, before the fourth year of Rehoboam's reign. For the first three Fears the nation remained steadfast in the faith, and the kingdom was greatly strengthened and consolidated. The defection commenced when Rehoboam began to feel himself secure ( 2 Chronicles 12:1 ). It is to be observed, however, that the historian says "Judah" (not Rehoboam) "did evil," etc. It is probable that a considerable section of the people approved of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:23

For they also [ i.e; they as well as the ten tribes] built them high places [ i.e; houses of high places. See on 1 Kings 3:2 and 1 Kings 13:32 ] and images [Heb. pillars or statues ( מַחֵּבוֹת ; LXX ; στήλας ). These were, no doubt, originally memorial pillars or stones, erected to commemorate some Divine manifestation, and with no thought of idolatry (see Genesis 31:13 ; Genesis 35:14 , Genesis 35:20 ; Genesis 28:18 ). But the Canaanites erected pillars,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:24

And there were also Sodomites [ קָדֵשׁ , a collective noun = הַקְּדֵשִׁים ( 1 Kings 15:12 ) = consecrated persons or devotees, because they were set apart to the service of Astarte, the Dea Syria . It is clear from Deuteronomy 23:18 (Heb.) that male prostitutes are here spoken of, the name of the female being קְדֵשָׁה . The former is described in Deuteronomy 23:19 50. c . as a dog , the latter as a whore ] in the land [cf. 1 Kings 15:12 . It is highly... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 14:21-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:24

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:21-24

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:22

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:24

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