1 Kings 14:9

But 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:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

8And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee, and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and followed me with all his heart, doing that which was well pleasing in my sight:

10Therefore behold I will bring evils upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut of from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the last in Israel: and I will sweep away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as dung is swept away till all be clean.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:17Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods.

Deuteronomy 9:8For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him, and he was angry, and would have destroyed thee,

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

Judges 5:8The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.

1 Kings 13:33After these words Jeroboam came not back from his wicked way: but on the contrary he made of the meanest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he filled his hand, and he was made a priest of the high places.

1 Kings 14:22And 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.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:8-21

The Ruin of Jeroboam's House Foretold; Abijah's Character and Death. ( b. c. 960.) 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee:… Read the whole commentary →

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