22 And Judah wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord: and they provoked him more with their sins, which they had committed, [a]than all that which their fathers had done.

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

24 There were also Sodomites in the [b]land, they did according to all the abominations of the nations, which the Lord hast cast out before the children of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:22 Or, besides all that their fathers had done by their sins.
  2. 1 Kings 14:24 Where idolatry reigneth, all horrible vices are committed, till at length God’s just judgment destroy them utterly.

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. 23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(C) and Asherah poles(D) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(E) 24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(F) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(G) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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