1 Kings 14:9

Translations

Modern

You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

Traditional

But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

Literal

…and you have done evil more than all who were before you, and for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images, to provoke Me to anger, and you have cast Me behind your back—

Latin

…sed operatus es mala super omnes qui fuerunt ante te, et fecisti tibi deos alienos et conflatiles, ut me ad iracundiam provocares, me autem projecisti post corpus tuum:

Original

Hebrew

English

You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

Notes

1 Kings 14:8–9

Unlike David, who truly repented for his sins (2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 51:2–4), Jeroboam did more evil than those before him. Even with clear signs of God's displeasure and warnings of judgment (1 Kings 13:33), he did not change his ways. His sins would lead to serious consequences for his family and descendants (1 Kings 13:34; 14:10–11, 14) and eventually affect the entire northern kingdom (14:16).
molten images: see 1 Kings 12:26–30.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam I God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings Prophets in 1 Kings Pure Worship True Success

Events

Reign of Jeroboam I

Related verses

Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
Psalm 50:17
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
1 Kings 12:28
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
2 Chronicles 11:15
And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
Exodus 34:17
You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Isaiah 44:9–20
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
Jeremiah 10:14–16
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Psalm 106:29
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Jeremiah 7:9–10
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
Psalm 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Glossary

Ahijah Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second Wrath of God

Topics

Abijah: Son of Jeroboam Calves of Jeroboam: Guilt of Making Government: God In in Blotting out the Household of Jeroboam Idolatry: Objects of Described as Other Gods Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: Ahijah's Prophecy Concerning Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: Subverts the Religion of Moses Jeroboam: His Wife Sent to Consult the Prophet Ahijah Concerning Her Child Judgments: Jeroboam Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Extinction of Jeroboam's House Reproof: Ahijah

1 Kings 14:9

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