Holy Scripture

1 Kings 14:24

A church father on this verse
“"There was also prostitution in the land." [The Scripture] does not refer to the mere [prostitution] of bodies, nor to that of the soul, which is idolatry, but to that [prostitution] spread by demons among the Gentiles in order to corrupt God's creature and work, namely, humanity. And this [form of prostitution] did n…”
Ishodad of Merv, 9th c. — BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 14:24

Source: Septuagint

Original

24And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel.

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22And Rehoboam did evil in the sight of the Lord; and he provoked him in all the things which their fathers did in their sins which they sinned.

23And they built for themselves high places, and pillars, and planted groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.

— 1 Kings 14:24 —

25And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;

26and took all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the golden spears which David took out of the hand of the sons of Hadadezer king of Zobah, and brought them into Jerusalem, even all that he took, and the golden shields which Solomon had made, and carried them away into Egypt.

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