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1 Kings 14:22-24
Contemporary English Version
1 Kings 14:22-24
Contemporary English Version
22 The people of Judah disobeyed the Lord and made him even angrier than their ancestors had. 23 (A) They also built their own local shrines[a] and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles[b] for worshiping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees. 24 (B) Even worse, they allowed prostitutes[c] at the shrines, and followed the disgusting customs of the foreign nations that the Lord had forced out of Canaan.
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- 14.23 local shrines: See the note at 3.2.
- 14.23 sacred poles: See the note at 14.15.
- 14.24 prostitutes: Men and women sometimes served at the local shrines as prostitutes in the worship of Canaanite gods, but the Lord had forbidden the people of Israel to worship in this way (see Deuteronomy 23.17,18).
1 Kings 14:22-24
New International Version
1 Kings 14:22-24
New International Version
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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