22 (A)And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they (B)provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

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22 Judah(A) did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger(B) more than those who were before them had done.

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Egypt Plunders Jerusalem

12 (A)When the rule of Rehoboam was established (B)and he was strong, (C)he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

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Shishak Attacks Jerusalem(A)

12 After Rehoboam’s position as king was established(B) and he had become strong,(C) he and all Israel[a](D) with him abandoned(E) the law of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 12:1 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles

22 (A)Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? (B)Are we stronger than he?

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22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(A) Are we stronger than he?(B)

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58 For they (A)provoked him to anger with their (B)high places;
    they (C)moved him to jealousy with their (D)idols.

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58 They angered him(A) with their high places;(B)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(C)

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a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
(A)sacrificing in gardens
    and making offerings on bricks;
who sit in tombs,
    and spend the night in secret places;
(B)who eat pig's flesh,
    and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;

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a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(A)
offering sacrifices in gardens(B)
    and burning incense(C) on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves(D)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(E)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;

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14 And he did evil, (A)for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

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14 He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.

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19 (A)Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.

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19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.(A)

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30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, (A)more than all who were before him.

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30 Ahab son of Omri did more(A) evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.

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but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and (A)made for yourself other gods and (B)metal images, provoking me to anger, and (C)have cast me behind your back,

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You have done more evil(A) than all who lived before you.(B) You have made for yourself other gods, idols(C) made of metal; you have aroused(D) my anger and turned your back on me.(E)

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Deborah and Barak

(A)And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died.

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Deborah

Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead.

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Ehud

12 (A)And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon (B)the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Ehud

12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(A) and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab(B) power over Israel.

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Othniel

(A)And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and (B)the Asheroth.

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Othniel

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord(A) their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.(B)

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16 (A)They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
    with abominations they provoked him to anger.
17 (B)They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
    to gods they had never known,
to (C)new gods that had come recently,
    whom your fathers had never dreaded.
18 You were unmindful of (D)the Rock that bore[a] you,
    and you (E)forgot the God who gave you birth.

19 (F)“The Lord saw it and spurned them,
    because of the provocation of (G)his sons and his daughters.
20 And he said, (H)‘I will hide my face from them;
    I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
    children in whom is no faithfulness.
21 (I)They have made me jealous with what is no god;
    they have provoked me to anger (J)with their idols.
So (K)I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
    I will provoke them to anger with (L)a foolish nation.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:18 Or fathered

16 They made him jealous(A) with their foreign gods
    and angered(B) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(C) to false gods,(D) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,(E)
    gods that recently appeared,(F)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot(G) the God who gave you birth.

19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(H)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(I)
20 “I will hide my face(J) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(K)
    children who are unfaithful.(L)
21 They made me jealous(M) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(N)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(O)

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