1 Kings 14:24

24 There were also male shrine prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh had driven out from before 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 But Judah did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and they annoyed him more than their fathers did with their sins that they had committed.

23 They also built for themselves high places and stone pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

24 There were also male shrine prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh had driven out from before the {Israelites}.

25 It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

26 and he took the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and he took all the treasures of the king's house. He took the small gold shields that Solomon had made,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "sons/children of Israel"