1 Kings 14:24

Israel

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.

²³ They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

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.

²⁶ He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

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.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drove out before the children of Israel.
ASV: and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.
DARBY: and there were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: der var endog tempel-bolere[^1] i landet; de tok etter de avskyelige skikker hos alle de hedningefolk som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn.
OTB: Det var også mannlige kultprostituerte i landet. De begikk alle de avskyelige handlingene til nasjonene som Herren hadde fordrevet for Israels sønner.
B1930: der var endog tempel-bolere i landet; de tok efter de vederstyggelige skikker hos alle de hedningefolk som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn. / < d.e. sådanne som drev utukt til ære for avgudene.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 23:17
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
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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,
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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.
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1 Kings 15:12
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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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!”
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1 Kings 22:46
He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
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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!”
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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.
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