1 Kings 14:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Judah

Jeremiah 3:7

They provoked

1 Corinthians 10:22

All

1 Kings 16:30

2 Kings 21:11

Ezekiel 16:47

General references

Jeremiah 25:6

Bible References

Judah

The Israelis kept on practicing evil in full view of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served Canaanite male and female deities.

After Ehud died, while the LORD was watching, the Israelis made the evil they had been practicing even worse,

But Judah, too, did not keep the commands of the LORD their God. Instead, they lived the lifestyle that Israel had chosen,

At the height of his power, after he had consolidated his rule, Rehoboam abandoned the LORD's Law, along with all of Israel with him.

I thought, "After she has done all these things, she will return to me.' But she didn't return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw this.

They provoked

"Instead, you have done more evil than everyone who lived before you. "You have gone out and crafted other gods for yourself. "You made cast images. "You have provoked me to anger. "You have thrown me behind your back.

Indeed, the LORD your God is a consuming fire. He is a jealous God."

The LORD uprooted them from the land in his anger, wrath, and great fury, deporting them to another land, and that's the way things are today.'

They provoked him to jealousy over foreigners and to anger over detestable things.

they angered him with their high places and with their carved images they made him jealous.

a people who continually provoke me to my face; they keep sacrificing in gardens and waving their hands over stone altars;

or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?

All

Omri's son Ahab practiced more of what the LORD considered to be evil than anyone who had lived before him.

"Because King Manasseh of Judah has committed these despicable things, acting more sinfully than did all of the Amorites who preceded him, including making Judah sin with its idols,

It wasn't just that you lived like they did and committed their detestable practices, but in just a little while your behavior led you to become more corrupt than they were!"

General references

Don't follow other gods to serve and worship them. Don't provoke me with the idols you make with your hands, and I won't bring disaster on you.'