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1 Kings 14:23-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Kings 14:23-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 They, too, built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and asherahs,[a] upon every high hill and under every green tree. 24 There were also pagan priests in the land. Judah imitated all the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the Israelites’ way. 25 [b]In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem.
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- 14:23 Asherahs: see note on Ex 34:13.
- 14:25–28, 30 The narrator recounts Shishak’s campaign here to imply that it was punishment for Judah’s evil, and perhaps to cast him as supporting Jeroboam in his constant warfare with Rehoboam. (Shishak was named as Jeroboam’s protector and patron in 11:40.) Egyptian records of the campaign list one hundred fifty cities conquered in Israel as well as Judah, but Jerusalem is not one of them. Chronicles has a parallel version of this account in 2 Chr 12:9–11.
1 Kings 14:23-25
New International Version
1 Kings 14:23-25
New International Version
23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(A) and Asherah poles(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(C) 24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(D) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(E) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked(F) Jerusalem.
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