1 Kings 14:22
What does 1 Kings 14:22 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 14:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Judah doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and they make Him zealous above all that their fathers did by their sins that they have sinned.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed more than all that their fathers had done.
Context
v.21And 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 Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
v.22This passage
v.23For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 21:11
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;
- Deuteronomy 29:28
and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
- Jeremiah 3:7
And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- 1 Kings 14:9
but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
- Ezekiel 16:47
Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast more corrupt than they in all thy ways.
- Psalms 78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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