1 Kings 14:24

Translations

Modern

There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Traditional

And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

Literal

And also there were male shrine prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that YHWH had cast out before the sons of Israel.

Latin

…sed et effeminati fuerunt in terra, feceruntque omnes abominationes gentium quas attrivit Dominus ante faciem filiorum Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Notes

1 Kings 14:23–24

Solomon married foreign wives, which led his family into idol worship. Under Rehoboam's leadership, Judah continued the offensive practices of the pagan nations that lived in the land before the Israelites. When leaders are corrupt, a nation's spiritual decline often follows, leading to shame and ruin (Proverbs 14:34).
Shrine prostitutes were common in Canaan but were forbidden for Israel (see study notes on Leviticus 17:7; Deuteronomy 23:17–18). They became part of Israelite society as the people adopted Canaanite culture.

1 Kings 14:21–31

Between the start and end details of Rehoboam’s rule (1 Kings 14:21, 29–31), the account highlights the declining spiritual state of God’s people in Judah (1 Kings 14:22–24) and an invasion by Egypt (1 Kings 14:25–28).

Theme notes and profiles

Rehoboam God’s Faithfulness to His People True Success

Related verses

Deuteronomy 23:17
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
1 Kings 15:12
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
2 Kings 23:7
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
Genesis 19:5
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
1 Kings 22:46
He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
Romans 1:24–27
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
Judges 19:22
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”

Parallels

2 Chronicles 12:13–14

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Apostasy High Place Kings, Books of First and Second Naamah (Person) Priests and Levites Rehoboam

Topics

Being Gay Homosexuality Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Licentiousness of Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Rehoboam (Latter Part of his Reign) Prophecies Concerning Israel: Other Circumstances of his Reign Sodomites: A Proverbial Term of Reproach Applied to Those Who Practiced Sodomy Sodomy: General Scriptures Concerning

1 Kings 14:24

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