1 Kings 14:22

And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Roboam the son of Solomon reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem the city, which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name wee Naama an Ammonitess.

23For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves upon every high hill and under every green tree:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:24Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked him by strange gods, and stirred him up to anger, with their abominations.

Judges 3:12And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight.

1 Kings 14:9But hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast made thee strange gods and molten gods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

2 Kings 17:19But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.

2 Chronicles 12:1And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, 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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