1 Kings 14:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Kings 14:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sodomites - literally, ” (men) consecrated.” The men in question were in fact “consecrated” to the mother of the gods, the famous “Dea Syra,” whose priests, or rather devotees, they were consider...
1 Kings 14:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And there were also sodomites in the (q) land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. (q) Where idolatry reigns, all h...
1 Kings 14:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Rehoboam. The formula in 1 Kings 14:21 is regularly employed in Kings. The LXX make his age sixteen, and gives him twelve years. The name of the king's mother is given, since she, and no...
1 Kings 14:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sodomites. Committers of the sin of Sodom ( Genesis 19 ). Male prostitutes, dedicated to idolatry involving this sin. Connected with the 'Asherah. App-42. Compare Deuteronomy 23:17 ; Deuteronom...
1 Kings 14:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. There were also sodomites in the land...
1 Kings 14:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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. No JFB commentary on this verse...
1 Kings 14:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Jeroboam and Rehoboam and their Punishment 2. Shiloh] The modern Seilûn, N. of Bethel and E. of the road leading from Bethel to Shechem ( Judges 21:19 ).
1 Kings 14:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sodomites. — See 1 Kings 15:12 ; 2 Kings 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 e...
1 Kings 14:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE EARLIER KINGS OF JUDAH 1 Kings 14:21-31 ; 1 Kings 15:1-24 THE history of "the Jews" begins, properly speaking, from the reign of Rehoboam, and for four centuries it is mainly the history o...
1 Kings 14:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

South Rivals Worth in Sinning 1 Kings 14:17-31 Rehoboam's mother's name signifies beauty , and she may have been attractive in her person; but we are twice told that she was an Ammonitess, as...
1 Kings 14:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the story now recorded God is seen acting in judgment. The sickness of the son of Jeroboam was the first stroke of punishment and in connection therewith the prophet Ahijah uttered the doom of the...
1 Kings 14:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. (23) For they also built them high...
1 Kings 14:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 interpret...
1 Kings 14:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 24. And there were also sodom...
1 Kings 14:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There were also sodomites in the land The kind of wickedness here referred to often attended idolatry, 1 Kings 15:12 ; 2 Kings 23:7 ; for among the heathen the most filthy things were practised i...
1 Kings 14:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEREBOAM WARNED THROUGH HIS SON'S DEATH Though God had sought to reach Jereboam's conscience by the message and actions of the man of God, this produced no effect. So God used another means, by th...
1 Kings 14:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rehoboam's Disgrace and Death. B. C. 960. 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned i...
1 Kings 14:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sodomites, i.e. males, who prostituted their bodies to the filthy lusts of others; of whom See Poole on " Deuteronomy 23:17 " ; who also did this in the worship and to the honour of their idols as...
1 Kings 14:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Rehoboam of Judah c. 930-913 BC ( 1 Kings 14:21-31 ). The sad thing about Rehoboam's reign would be its extreme bankruptcy. He reigned over a country which went to the excess in relig...
1 Kings 14:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 14:21-31 . From incidents associated with the kingdom of ISRAEL, the historian now turns to JUDAH. 1 Kings 14:28 . Naamah an Ammonitess — Sept. reads...
1 Kings 14:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 14:2 . Ahijah the prophet; an illustrious man of God, now full of days, and full of grace. 1 Kings 14:3 . Ten loaves. A rustic present, that it might not excite suspicion of a royal vi...
1 Kings 14:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM .— 1 Kings 14:21 And Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty [or twenty. See on 1 Kings 12:1 ] and one years old when...
1 Kings 14:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Rule of Rehoboam
1 Kings 14:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 Kings 15:12 ; 1 Kings 22:46 ; 2 Kings 23:7 ; Deuteronomy 23:17 ; Genesis 19:5 ; Judges 19:22 ; Romans 1:24-27
1 Kings 14:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Abomination — They dishonoured God by one sin, and then God left them to dishonour themselves by another.

1 Kings 14:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 14:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 14:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 14:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 14:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 14:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 14:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 14:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 14:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 14:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 14:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 14:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes