1 Kings 14:23
21 Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He 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. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
22 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.
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
24 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.
25 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- KJV
- For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- WEB
- For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- ASV
- For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
- DARBY
- And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
- BLB
- For they even built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Asherah poles, on every high hill and under every green tree.
- ÅB
- Også de bygget seg offerhauger og gjorde seg støtter og Astartebilder på hver høy bakke og under hvert grønt tre;
- OTB
- For de bygde også for seg selv offerhauger, minnesteiner og Asjeraer på hver høyde og under hvert frodig tre.
- B1930
- Også de bygget sig offerhauger og gjorde sig støtter og Astarte-billeder på hver høi bakke og under hvert grønt tre;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 12:2
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:5
who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Read in context2 Kings 17:9–10
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:24–25
you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
Read in contextMicah 5:14
I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:28–29
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
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