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1 Kings 14:22

And [the people of] Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they had committed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jealousy;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Divine;   Doers, Evil;   Evil;   Evildoers;   God;   Jealousy;   Sight, in God's;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Places;   Kings;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jealousy;   Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Rehoboam;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   Jealousy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Idolatry,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostasy;   Jealousy;   Rehoboam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ammon, Ammonites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. They provoked him to jealous anger more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehudah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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.
English Standard Version
And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
New Century Version
The people of Judah did what the Lord said was wrong. Their sins made the Lord very angry, even more angry than he had been at their ancestors.
New English Translation
Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord . They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.
New American Standard Bible
And the people of Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iudah wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde: and they prouoked him more with their sinnes, which they had committed, then all that which their fathers had done.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Judah did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the sins which they sinned.
Contemporary English Version
The people of Judah disobeyed the Lord and made him even angrier than their ancestors had.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hudah did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective; they made him angry because of their sins, which were worse than any their ancestors had committed.
Darby Translation
And 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
The people of Judah did things that the Lord considered evil. They made him angry with all their sins—more than any of their ancestors had done.
George Lamsa Translation
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to indignation in everything that their fathers had done and in their sins which they had committed.
Good News Translation
The people of Judah sinned against the Lord and did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done.
Lexham English Bible
But Judah did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and they annoyed him more than their fathers did with their sins that they had committed.
Literal Translation
And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked Him to jealousy above all their fathers did by their sins that they had sinned.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iuda dyd yt which displeased the LORDE, & prouoked him to indignacion more the all yt their fathers had done wt their synnes which they dyd:
American Standard Version
And 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.
Bible in Basic English
And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iuda wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde, and angred him in mo thinges then their fathers dyd in their sinnes which they sinned.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they moved Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
King James Version (1611)
And Iudah did euill in the sight of the Lord, and they prouoked him to iealousie with their sinnes which they had committed, aboue all that their fathers had done.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
Berean Standard Bible
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Juda dide yuel bifor the Lord, and thei terriden hym to ire on alle thingis, whiche her fadris diden in her synnes, bi whiche thei synneden.
Young's Literal Translation
And 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.
Update Bible Version
And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
New King James Version
Now Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
New Living Translation
During Rehoboam's reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors.
New Life Bible
Judah did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. They made Him jealous with their sins, more than all their fathers had done.
New Revised Standard
Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord ; they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their ancestors had done.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.
Revised Standard Version
And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the sins which they committed.

Contextual Overview

21Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name (Presence). His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 22And [the people of] Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they had committed.23For they also built for themselves high places [to worship idols] and sacred pillars and Asherim [for the goddess Asherah]. These were on every high hill and under every luxuriant tree. 24There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the repulsive acts of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the Israelites. 25Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt [Jeroboam's brother-in-law] came up against Jerusalem. 26He took away the treasures of the house (temple) of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took away everything, he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and handed them over to the captains of the palace guard who guarded the doorway of the king's house. 28And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guards would carry them and bring them back into the guardroom. 29Now as for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 30There was also war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judah: Judges 3:7, Judges 3:12, Judges 4:1, 2 Kings 17:19, 2 Chronicles 12:1, Jeremiah 3:7-11

they provoked: 1 Kings 14:9, Deuteronomy 4:24, Deuteronomy 29:28, Deuteronomy 32:16-21, Psalms 78:58, Isaiah 65:3, Isaiah 65:4, 1 Corinthians 10:22

all: 1 Kings 16:30, 2 Kings 21:11, Ezekiel 16:47, Ezekiel 16:48

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:11 - that I 1 Kings 15:3 - all the sins 1 Kings 15:30 - by his provocation 2 Chronicles 14:3 - For he took Ecclesiastes 2:8 - silver Jeremiah 25:6 - General Jeremiah 52:2 - he did Zephaniah 1:18 - the fire

Cross-References

Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the [three] kings who were with him attacked and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their mountainous country of Seir, as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness.
Genesis 14:19
And Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, "Blessed (joyful, favored) be Abram by God Most High, Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth;
Genesis 14:20
And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High, Who has given your enemies into your hand." And Abram gave him a tenth of all [the treasure he had taken in battle].
Genesis 14:23
that I would not take anything that is yours, from a thread to a sandal strap, so you could not say, 'I [the King of Sodom] have made Abram rich.'
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD [in prayer], the Eternal God.
Exodus 6:8
'I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel); and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD [you have the promise of My changeless omnipotence and faithfulness].'"
Deuteronomy 32:40
'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,
Judges 11:35
And when he saw her, he tore his clothes [in grief] and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me great disaster, and you are the cause of ruin to me; for I have made a vow to the LORD, and I cannot take it back."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord,.... At the end of three years, from the beginning of the reign of Rehoboam:

and they provoked him to jealousy, with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done; that is, with their idolatries; for they were the sins which moved the Lord to jealousy, and provoked the eyes of his glory; in which they had outdone not the ten tribes, but their fathers, in the times of Moses, Joshua, and the judges, and of their kings before their separation, Saul, David, and Solomon.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This defection of Judah did not take place until Rehoboam’s fourth year (marginal reference).

They provoked him to jealousy - Compare Exodus 20:5; and on the force of the metaphor involved in the word, see Exodus 34:15 note.


 
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