1 Kings 14:24-26

24 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.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

26 He carried off the treasures of the temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.

1 Kings 14:24-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7
• 2. 1 Kings 11:5-7; 2 Kings 21:2; Ezra 9:11; Proverbs 21:27; Isaiah 1:13; Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 32:35; Jeremiah 44:4
• 3. 1 Kings 11:40; 2 Chronicles 12:2
• 4. 1 Kings 15:15,18
• 5. S 2 Samuel 8:7; 1 Kings 10:17