1 Kings 14:9
in 1 Kings 14You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
KJV
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
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This verse in 1 Kings 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Above all that were before thee - i. e., above all previous rulers of the people, whether Judges or kings. Hereto none of the rulers of Israel had set up the idolatrous worship of ephod, teraphim, and the like Jdg 18:17, as a substitute for the true religion, or sought to impose an idolatrous system on the nation. Gideon’s ephod “became a snare” contrary to his intention Jdg 8:27. Solomon’s high places were private - built for the use of his wives, and not designed to attract the people.
This site's exposition
Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people
on 1 Kings 14:7-9
The oracle opens by naming Jeroboam's rise in the Lord's own words, exalted from among the people and made prince over Israel, the office language of 2 Sam 7 turned toward a northern king. Verse 8 sets him directly against David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, the standard this book will measure every king by from here forward, north and south alike. Jeroboam is charged with going further than any king before him, making other gods and molten images, the same offense Aaron committed at Sinai now repeated by a king who had stood in Egypt's shadow himself.
This site's exposition
You have done more evil than all
Albert Barnes reads all who came before as every ruler from the days of the judges, and he recalls Gideon's ephod at Judges 8:27. Matthew Henry notes that Saul never served idols and Solomon never made Israel sin. Jeroboam set up idol worship for a whole nation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
David - Who though he fell into some sins, yet, first, he constantly persevered in the true worship of God; from which thou art revolted. Secondly, he heartily repented of, and turned from all his sins whereas thou art obstinate and incorrigible.
Saul, that was rejected, never worshipped idols; Solomon did it but occasionally, in his dotage, and never made Israel to sin.
To provoke - Whereby thou didst provoke me. For otherwise this was not Jeroboam's design in it, but only to establish himself in the throne. Hast cast - Despised and forsaken me, and my commands, and my worship, as we do things which we cast behind our backs.
But hast done evil above all that were before thee,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּ֣רַע | vatara' | and you have done evil | H7489 → | 107 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת | laasot | to act | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִכֹּ֖ל | mikol | more than all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [those] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָי֣וּ | hayu | they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ | vatelekh | and you have gone | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־ | vataaseh- | and you have made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְּךָ֩ | lekha | for yourself | ||
| אֱלֹהִ֨ים | ʾelohim | gods | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲחֵרִ֤ים | ʾacherim | other | H312 → | 166 times |
| וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ | umasekhot | and molten images | H4541 → | |
| לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי | lehakhiseni | to provoke to anger me | H3707 → | 54 times |
| וְאֹתִ֥י | veoti | and <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ | hishlakhta | you have cast | H7993 → | 125 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾacharei | behind | H310 → | 715 times |
| גַוֶּֽךָ׃ ס | gavekha | back your | H1458 → |
וַתָּ֣רַעand you have done evil
vatara'H7489 →107 times
לַעֲשׂ֔וֹתto act
laasotH6213 →2628 times
מִכֹּ֖לmore than all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־[those] who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הָי֣וּthey were
hayuH1961 →3559 times
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
וַתֵּ֡לֶךְand you have gone
vatelekhH1980 →1546 times
וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־and you have made
vataaseh-H6213 →2628 times
לְּךָ֩for yourself
lekha
אֱלֹהִ֨יםgods
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲחֵרִ֤יםother
ʾacherimH312 →166 times
וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙and molten images
umasekhotH4541 →
לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִיto provoke to anger me
lehakhiseniH3707 →54 times
וְאֹתִ֥יand <obj.> me
veotiH853 →10935 times
הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּyou have cast
hishlakhtaH7993 →125 times
אַחֲרֵ֥יbehind
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
גַוֶּֽךָ׃ סback your
gavekhaH1458 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
- 2 Timothy 4:3–4
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- Proverbs 1:28–29
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- Nehemiah 9:26
Through
Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
it leads to
- Judges 2:11–12
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 2:11–12
Through
1 Kings 12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…
it leads to
- Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of…
- 2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served…
- Exodus 32:4
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.