Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. New Living Translation There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites. English Standard Version and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version And there were also perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. New American Standard Bible There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the same abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. NASB 1995 There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. NASB 1977 And there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. Amplified Bible There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the repulsive acts of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the Israelites. Christian Standard Bible there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites. Holman Christian Standard Bible there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And also fornication was in the land, and they did according to every abomination of the nations which LORD JEHOVAH destroyed from before the sons of Israel. Brenton Septuagint Translation And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel. Contemporary English Version Even worse, they allowed prostitutes at the shrines, and followed the disgusting customs of the foreign nations that the LORD had forced out of Canaan. Douay-Rheims Bible There were also the effeminate in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the people whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel. Good News Translation Worst of all, there were men and women who served as prostitutes at those pagan places of worship. The people of Judah practiced all the shameful things done by the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced into the country. International Standard Version They even maintained male shrine prostitutes throughout the land, and imitated every detestable practice that the nations practiced whom the LORD had expelled in front of the Israelis. JPS Tanakh 1917 and 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. Literal Standard Version and a whoremonger has also been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel. New American Bible There were also pagan priests in the land. Judah imitated all the abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out of the Israelites’ way. NET Bible There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites. New Revised Standard Version there were also male temple prostitutes in the land. They committed all the abominations of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. New Heart English Bible and there were also male shrine prostitutes in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drove out before the children of Israel. World English Bible and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel. Young's Literal Translation and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel. Additional Translations ... Context Rehoboam's Reign in Judah…23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. Cross References 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!" Deuteronomy 23:17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. 1 Kings 15:12 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 1 Kings 22:46 He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa. 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. Treasury of Scripture 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. And there 1 Kings 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 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. 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.
(24) Sodomites.--See 1Kings 15:12; 2Kings 23:7. There is a horrible significance in the derivation of this word, which is properly "consecrated," or "devoted;" for it indicates the license, and even the sanction, of unnatural lusts in those consecrated to the abominations of Nature-worship. The appearance of such in the land, whether Canaanites or apostate Israelites, is evidently noted as the climax of the infinite corruption which had set in, rivalling--and, if rivalling, exceeding in depth of wickedness--the abominations of the old inhabitants of the land. That such horrors are not incompatible with advance in knowledge and material civilisation, history tells us but too plainly. To find them sanctioned under cover of religious ritual marks, however, a lower depth still.Verse 24. - And there were also Sodomites [קָדֵשׁ, a collective noun = הַקְּדֵשִׁים (1 Kings 15:12) = consecrated persons or devotees, because they were set apart to the service of Astarte, the Dea Syria. It is clear from Deuteronomy 23:18 (Heb.) that male prostitutes are here spoken of, the name of the female being קְדֵשָׁה. The former is described in ver. 19 50.c. as a dog, the latter as a whore] in the land [cf. 1 Kings 15:12. It is highly probable that these infamous persons were of Canaanite or Phoenician origin (this being a Phoenician superstition, Movers, "Phoniz." 1:671), but it is somewhat precarious to found an assertion to that effect on these last words (as Bahr)], and [Heb. omits and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations [see Leviticus 18:20; Deuteronomy 18:9-12] which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. ["Here we see a reason for God's command, requiring the extirpation of the Canaanites" (Wordsworth).] Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew There wereהָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be even וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and male cult prostitutes קָדֵ֖שׁ (qā·ḏêš) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6945: A, sacred person, a, devotee, to licentious idolatry in the land. בָאָ֑רֶץ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land They imitated עָשׂ֗וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make all כְּכֹל֙ (kə·ḵōl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the abominations הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת (hat·tō·w·‘ă·ḇōṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol of the nations הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had driven out הוֹרִ֣ישׁ (hō·w·rîš) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin before מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the Israelites. בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son Jump to Previous Abominations Cast Children Cult Detestable Disgusting Dispossessed Driven Drove Engaged Gods Israel Male Nations Practices Prostitutes Purposes Sex Shrine Sodomites Used Whoremonger WorshipJump to Next Abominations Cast Children Cult Detestable Disgusting Dispossessed Driven Drove Engaged Gods Israel Male Nations Practices Prostitutes Purposes Sex Shrine Sodomites Used Whoremonger WorshipLinks 1 Kings 14:24 NIV1 Kings 14:24 NLT 1 Kings 14:24 ESV 1 Kings 14:24 NASB 1 Kings 14:24 KJV 1 Kings 14:24 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 14:24 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 14:24 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 14:24 French Bible 1 Kings 14:24 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 14:24 And there were also sodomites (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
   
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