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 Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight after Ehud's death.

Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel's example.

After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.

Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.

They provoked

You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today."

They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

All

Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.

"King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols.

Have you not copied their behavior and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

General references

Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.'