23They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.


In Context

20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his fathers. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.

21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.

22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord . By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than their fathers had done.

23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

1st Kings 14:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:23For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves upon every high hill and under every green tree:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:23For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:23For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23For they also built for themselves high places, and images and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23And they build — also they — for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.