²²Judah^s did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger^t more than those who were before them had done. ²³They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones^u and Asherah poles^v on every high hill and under every spreading tree.^w ²⁴There were even male shrine prostitutes^x in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable^y practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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Cross references

s 2 Ki 17:19; 2 Ch 12:1
t Dt 32:21; Ps 78:58; Jer 44:3; See 1 Co 10:22
uSee Ex 23:24; Dt 16:22; Hos 10:1
vSee Dt 12:3
wSee Dt 12:2; Eze 6:13
xSee Dt 23:17
y 1 Ki 11:5–7; 2 Ki 21:2; Ezr 9:11; Pr 21:27; Isa 1:13; Jer 16:18; 32:35; 44:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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, and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

CSBChristian 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; there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

NLTNew 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. There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Judah did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and they annoyed him more than their fathers did with their sins that they had committed. They also built for themselves high places and stone pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree. There were also male shrine prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh had driven out from before the Israelites.

KJV 1900King 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. And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

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