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1Kgs.14.23

1 Kings 14:23

KJV

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

Rehoboam Misleads Judah
Illustration for 1 Kings 14:23

Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:2
KJV
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

One Place for Worship

Laws of the Sanctuary
1 Kings 14:15
KJV
For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.

Ahijah’s Prophecy against Jeroboam

Ahijah Prophesies against the King
1 Kings 20:23
KJV
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad

2 Kings 17:16
KJV
And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

Why Israel Fell
2 Kings 17:19
KJV
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

Why Israel Fell
Isaiah 57:5
KJVGOD
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

God Condemns Idolatry

Evil Leaders Rebuked
Jeremiah 2:20
KJVGOD
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

The Consequence of Israel’s Sin

Judah’s Apostasy
Ezekiel 6:13
KJVGOD
Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

A Remnant to Be Blessed

Idolatrous Worship Denounced
Ezekiel 16:24
KJVGOD
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

Jerusalem’s Unfaithfulness

God’s Grace to Unfaithful Jerusalem
Ezekiel 20:28
KJVGOD
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

Israel’s Rebellion in the Land

God’s Dealings with Israel Rehearsed
Hosea 10:1
KJV
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

Retribution for Israel’s Sin