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1 Kings 14:22-23 - Compare All Versions

1 Kings 14:22-23 NIV (New International Version)

Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done. They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

1 Kings 14:22-23 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree

1 Kings 14:22-23 NLT (New Living Translation)

During Rehoboam’s reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors. For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:22-23 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Judah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight.  They provoked him to jealous anger  more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed. They also built for themselves high places,  sacred pillars,  and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree

1 Kings 14:22-23 KJV (King James Version)

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. For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:22-23 NKJV (New King James Version)

Now Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:21-24 MSG (The Message)

Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he took the throne and was king for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city GOD selected from all the tribes of Israel for the worship of his Name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, an Ammonite. Judah was openly wicked before GOD, making him very angry. They set new records in sin, surpassing anything their ancestors had done. They built Asherah sex-and-religion shrines and set up sacred stones all over the place—on hills, under trees, wherever you looked. Worse, they had male sacred prostitutes, polluting the country outrageously—all the stuff that GOD had gotten rid of when he brought Israel into the land.

1 Kings 14:22-23 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

And the people of Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. For they, too, built for themselves high places, memorial stones, and Asherim on every high hill and under every luxuriant tree.

1 Kings 14:22-23 AMP (Amplified Bible)

And [the people of] Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they had committed. For they also built for themselves high places [to worship idols] and sacred pillars and Asherim [for the goddess Asherah]. These were on every high hill and under every luxuriant tree.

1 Kings 14:22-23 NET (New English Translation)

Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done. They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.