1 Kings 14:24

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

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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,” who...
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 chi...
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 nam...
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....
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 childre...
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 child...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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,...
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...
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 th...
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 fa...
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,...
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 childre...
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 t...
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 pr...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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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...
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...
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 twen...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And there were also Sodomites in the land, men or boys from the surrounding nations who permitted themselves to be prostituted in honor of the gods;...
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

²⁴ 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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 14:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:24