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The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And there were also sodomites in the land: <i>and</i> they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drave out before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />There were even male prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah did all the disgusting practices done by the nations that the LORD had forced out of the Israelites' way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also there was a holy place in the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the face of the sons of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Moreover, the effeminate were in the land, and they committed all the abominations of the peoples that the Lord had destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And there were also Sodomites in the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/14-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=5817" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/14.htm">Rehoboam's Reign in Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">There were</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">even</a> <a href="/hebrew/6945.htm" title="6945: qā·ḏêš (Adj-ms) -- A temple prostitute. From qadash; a sacred person, i.e. a devotee to licentious idolatry.">male shrine prostitutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḇā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">They imitated</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵōl (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: hat·tō·w·‘ă·ḇōṯ (Art:: N-fpc) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">the abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: hō·w·rîš (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">had driven out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Leviticus 18:22-30</a></span><br />You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. / You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion. / Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17</a></span><br />No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a></span><br />And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">2 Kings 23:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26-27</a></span><br />For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />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, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-9.htm">2 Chronicles 33:9</a></span><br />So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-50.htm">Ezekiel 16:50</a></span><br />Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-12</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-11.htm">2 Kings 21:11</a></span><br />“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">2 Kings 16:3</a></span><br />Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-2.htm">2 Kings 21:2</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a></span><br />They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">2 Kings 23:24</a></span><br />Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">And there</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12</a></b></br> And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">1 Kings 22:46</a></b></br> And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-5.htm">Genesis 19:5</a></b></br> And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where <i>are</i> the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Children</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Cult</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/judges/11-24.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/judges/12-2.htm">Engaged</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-16.htm">Male</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-16.htm">Prostitutes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/judges/21-12.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Shrine</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-10.htm">Sodomites</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">Used</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Whoremonger</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-42.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-20.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Cult</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">Engaged</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Male</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Prostitutes</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Shrine</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Sodomites</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Used</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Whoremonger</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-1.htm">Abijah being sick, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-2.htm">Jeroboam sends his wife, disguised, with presents to the prophet Ahijah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-5.htm">Ahijah forewarned by God, denounces God's judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-17.htm">Abijah dies, and is buried</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-19.htm">Nadab succeeds Jeroboam</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">Rehoboam's wicked reign,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-25.htm">Shishak raids Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-29.htm">Abijam succeeds Rehoboam</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land.</b><br>This phrase highlights the presence of male shrine prostitutes, also known as "qedeshim," which were associated with Canaanite religious practices. These individuals were involved in ritualistic sexual acts as part of pagan worship, particularly in the service of fertility gods like Baal and Asherah. The presence of such practices in Israel indicates a significant departure from the worship of Yahweh, as these acts were explicitly condemned in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17-18</a>). The existence of these practices in the land reflects the influence of surrounding pagan cultures and the Israelites' failure to fully separate themselves from the idolatrous customs of the Canaanites.<p><b>They imitated all the abominations of the nations</b><br>This phrase underscores the extent to which the Israelites had adopted the detestable practices of the nations around them. The term "abominations" refers to actions that are abhorrent to God, often associated with idolatry and immorality. The Israelites' imitation of these practices signifies a breach of their covenant relationship with God, who had called them to be a holy and distinct people (<a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a>). This imitation of pagan customs is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, leading to divine judgment and exile, as seen in the warnings of the prophets (<a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a>).<p><b>the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.</b><br>This phrase recalls the conquest of Canaan, where God commanded the Israelites to drive out the inhabitants of the land due to their wickedness (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5</a>). The Canaanites' practices were so corrupt that God used Israel as an instrument of judgment against them. However, the Israelites' adoption of these same practices demonstrates their failure to heed God's commands and maintain their distinctiveness. This failure ultimately led to their own judgment and exile, as foretold by Moses (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Deuteronomy 28:63-68</a>). The phrase serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the importance of faithfulness to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rehoboam.htm">Rehoboam</a></b><br>The king of Judah during this time, whose reign was marked by a departure from the ways of the LORD, leading to the introduction of idolatry and pagan practices.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, where these abominable practices were taking place under Rehoboam's rule.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/male_shrine_prostitutes.htm">Male Shrine Prostitutes</a></b><br>Individuals involved in pagan religious practices, which included sexual rites that were considered abominable by the standards of the LORD.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who had previously driven out the nations practicing these abominations to establish a holy people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations_driven_out.htm">The Nations Driven Out</a></b><br>The Canaanite nations that previously inhabited the land and practiced idolatry and other abominations, which the Israelites were commanded to avoid.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_compromise.htm">The Danger of Compromise</a></b><br>Rehoboam's reign illustrates how compromising with surrounding cultures can lead to spiritual decline. Believers today must be vigilant in maintaining their distinctiveness as God's people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_as_a_calling.htm">Holiness as a Calling</a></b><br>Just as Israel was called to be holy and separate from the nations, Christians are called to live lives that reflect God's holiness, avoiding practices that are contrary to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>The introduction of idolatry and pagan practices led to moral and spiritual decay in Judah. Modern believers must guard against idolatry in all its forms, whether material, relational, or ideological.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite Judah's failings, God's desire is always for repentance and restoration. Believers should seek God's forgiveness and strive to return to His ways when they fall short.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Rehoboam's failure as a leader had widespread consequences. This underscores the importance of godly leadership in guiding others towards righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_personal_convictions.htm">What defines an abomination?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_ancient_israel's_massive_plague.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence for a massive plague decimating so many in ancient Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_an_abomination.htm">What defines an abomination?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_fuels_prostitution's_essence.htm">What drives the essence of prostitution?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">Sodomites.</span>--See <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm" title="And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.">1Kings 15:12</a>; <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm" title="And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.">2Kings 23:7</a>. 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.<span class= "bld"><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And</span> <span class="cmt_word">there were also Sodomites</span> [<span class="hebrew">קָדֵשׁ</span>, a collective noun = <span class="hebrew">הַקְּדֵשִׁים</span> (<a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12</a>) = consecrated persons or devotees, because they were set apart to the service of Astarte, the <span class="accented">Dea Syria</span>. It is clear from <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a> (Heb.) that <span class="accented">male</span> prostitutes are here spoken of, the name of the female being <span class="hebrew">קְדֵשָׁה</span>. The former is described in ver. 19 50.<span class="accented">c</span>. as a <span class="accented">dog</span>, the latter as a <span class="accented">whore</span>] <span class="cmt_word">in the land</span> [cf. <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12</a>. 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)], <span class="cmt_word">and</span> [Heb. omits and] <span class="cmt_word">they did according to all the abominations of the nations</span> [see <a href="/leviticus/18-20.htm">Leviticus 18:20</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Deuteronomy 18:9-12</a>] <span class="cmt_word">which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.</span> ["Here we see a reason for God's command, requiring the extirpation of the Canaanites" (Wordsworth).] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/14-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">There were</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male cult prostitutes</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדֵ֖שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6945.htm">Strong's 6945: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, sacred person, a, devotee, to licentious idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They imitated</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכֹל֙</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the abominations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tō·w·‘ă·ḇōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had driven out</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹרִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·rîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 14:24 And there were also sodomites (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 14:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 14:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/14-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 14:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 14:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>