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22 Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.[a] With the sins that they committed which were worse than what their fathers had done, they provoked the Lord to jealousy. 23 They also set up high places for themselves as well as sacred pillars and Asherah everywhere and under every green tree. 24 There were even male prostitutes in the land. They did every abomination that the nations had done which the Lord had cast out before the Israelites.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:22 Evil in the sight of the Lord: Rehoboam’s rule brought Judah to its knees. As the behavior of the people became depraved and they lost sight of God and worshiped idols, the glorious kingdom that Solomon had built crumbled and fell to foreign invaders (vv. 24-25), reducing the temple and palace to ruins.

22 Judah(A) did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger(B) more than those who were before them had done. 23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(C) and Asherah poles(D) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(E) 24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(F) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(G) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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