1 Kings 14:22

And Roboam did evil in the sight of the Lord; and he provoked him in all the things which their fathers did in their sins which they sinned.

Brenton Septuagint

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

21+ 14:21 The first 20 verses of this chapter are supplied by the Alex. See App.And Roboam son of Solomon ruled over Juda. Roboam + 14:21 Gr. a son of 41 years in his reigning.was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in the city Jerusalem, which the Lord chose to put his name there out of all the tribes of Israel: and his mother's name was Naama the Ammonitess.

23And they built for themselves high places, and pillars, and planted groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:24For + 4:24 Heb. 12. 29. the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked me to anger with strange gods; with their abominations they bitterly angered me.

Judges 3:12And the children of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglom king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil before the Lord.

2 Kings 17:19Nay even Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practised, and rejected the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:1And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, that he forsook the commandments 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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