1 Kings 14:24

24 Moreover, the consecrated workers in the land did detestable things, just like those nations that the LORD had removed among the Israelites.

1 Kings 14:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:24

And there were also Sodomites in the land,
&e.] Such as were addicted to unnatural lusts between men and men, which the men of Sodom were guilty of, from whence they had their name: Jarchi interprets the word adultery and some versions render it whoremongers; and filthy actions of this nature, both by men and women, usually attended idolatrous practices among the heathens; in their temples and groves such wickednesses were privately perpetrated:

[and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which
the Lord cast out before the children of Israel;
the Canaanites, of whose uncleannesses, incests, and bestialities, see ( Leviticus 18:1-30 ) .

1 Kings 14:24 In-Context

22 Judah did evil in the LORD's eyes. The sins they committed made the LORD angrier than anything their ancestors had done.

23 They also built shrines, standing stones, and sacred poles on top of every high hill and under every green tree.

24 Moreover, the consecrated workers in the land did detestable things, just like those nations that the LORD had removed among the Israelites.

25 During King Rehoboam's fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

26 He seized the treasures of the LORD's temple and the royal palace. He took everything, even all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

Footnotes

• [a]. Traditionally cultic prostitutes