1 Kings 14:23

And, they also, built for themselves high places and pillars, and Sacred Stems,—upon every high hill, and under every green tree.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

In Context

22And Judah did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,—and provoked him to jealousy, above all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they committed.

24Moreover also, there were, male devotees, in the land,—they did according to all the abominable practices of the nations, which Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:1Ye shall not make unto you idols,—neither image nor pillar, shall ye set up for yourselves, nor sculptured stone, shall ye place in your land, to bow yourselves down thereunto,-For, I Yahweh, am your God.

Deuteronomy 16:22neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar,—which Yahweh thy God, doth hate.

1 Kings 3:3Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father,—save only, that, in the high places, he himself, was sacrificing and offering incense.

1 Kings 14:15Therefore will Yahweh smite Israel, as a reed shaketh in water, and will root out Israel, from off this goodly soil, which he gave unto their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River (Euphrates),—because they have made their Sacred Stems, provoking Yahweh to anger:

2 Kings 16:4and he offered sacrifice and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills,—and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:10And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree;

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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