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1 Kings 14:23-25
Contemporary English Version
1 Kings 14:23-25
Contemporary English Version
23 (A) They also built their own local shrines[a] and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles[b] for worshiping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees. 24 (B) Even worse, they allowed prostitutes[c] at the shrines, and followed the disgusting customs of the foreign nations that the Lord had forced out of Canaan.
25 (C) After Rehoboam had been king for four years, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
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- 14.23 local shrines: See the note at 3.2.
- 14.23 sacred poles: See the note at 14.15.
- 14.24 prostitutes: Men and women sometimes served at the local shrines as prostitutes in the worship of Canaanite gods, but the Lord had forbidden the people of Israel to worship in this way (see Deuteronomy 23.17,18).
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