1 Kings 14:24

Israel

²² And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

²³ For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

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.

²⁵ And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

²⁶ And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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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.>

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
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1 Corinthians 6:9
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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2 Kings 23:7
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
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1 Kings 15:12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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Genesis 19:5
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
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1 Kings 22:46
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
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Judges 19:22
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
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Romans 1:24–27
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
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