1 Kings 14:22

And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed more than all that their fathers had done.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

23And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:24For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 32:16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations did they provoke him to anger.

Judges 3:12And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.

1 Kings 14:9but thou 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:

2 Kings 17:19Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

2 Chronicles 12:1And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had become strong, [that] he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:22-31

Rehoboam's Disgrace and Death. ( b. c. 960.) 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 22 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. 23 For they… Read the whole commentary →

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