1 KI 14:23 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἑαυτοῖς ὑψηλὰ καὶ στήλας καὶ ἄλση ἐπὶ πάντα βουνὸν ὑψηλὸν, καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου συσκίου.
(Kai ōkodomaʸsan heautois hupsaʸla kai staʸlas kai alsaʸ epi panta bounon hupsaʸlon, kai hupokatō pantos xulou suskiou.)

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

ULT And they built for themselves, they also, high places and pillars and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree.

UST Just as the northern Israelites had done, the Judeans built places to worship foreign gods. On high hills and under big trees, they built shrines and set up stone pillars and made wooden images to represent the goddess Asherah.

BSB & MSB They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

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WEBBE & WMBB For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

NET They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

LSV And they build—they also—for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and Asherim, on every high height, and under every green tree;

FBV They also set up for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

T4T They built places to worship those gods; on high hills, and under big trees they set up stone pillars to worship the goddess Asherah.

LEB They also built for themselves high places and stone pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

BBE For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree;

Moff No Moff KI1 14:23 book available

JPS For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every leafy tree;

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

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

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

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

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

SLT And they will also build to them heights and statues, and pillars, upon every high hill, and, under every green tree.

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

KJB-1769 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.[fn]

14.23 images: or, standing images, or, statues

KJB-1611 For they also built them high places, and [fn]images, and groues on euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

14:23 Or, standing images, or statues.

Bshps For they also made them hie places, images, and groues on euery hie hill, and vnder euery thicke tree.
(For they also made them high places, images, and groves on every high hill, and under every thick tree.)

Gnva For they also made them hie places, and images, and groues on euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree.
(For they also made them high places, and images, and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree.)

Cvdl for they likewyse buylded them hye places, pilers, and groues vpo euery hye hill, and amonge all grene trees.
(for they likewise built them high places, pillars, and groves upon every high hill, and among all green trees.)

Wycl For also thei bildiden to hem silf auters, and ymagis, and wodis, on eche hiy hil, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis.
(For also they built to themself altars, and images, and woods, on each high hill, and under each tree full of boughs.)

Luth Denn sie baueten ihnen auch Höhen, Säulen und Haine auf allen hohen Hügeln und unter allen grünen Bäumen.
(Because they/she/them built to_them also heights, pillars/columns and groves on/in/to all/everyone high/tall hills and under all/everyone greens trees.)

ClVg Ædificaverunt enim et ipsi sibi aras, et statuas, et lucos super omnem collem excelsum, et subter omnem arborem frondosam:
(They_built because and themselves to_himself altars, and statues, and groves over all hill high, and underneath all tree leafy:)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְ⁠תַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_built also/even they(emph) to/for=them high_places and,sacred_pillars and,Asherah_poles on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every hill high and,under all/each/any/every tree/message green )

The author is referring to every high hill and every green tree as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [on high hills and under green trees throughout their territory]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

גַם־הֵ֧מָּה

also/even (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_built also/even they(emph) to/for=them high_places and,sacred_pillars and,Asherah_poles on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every hill high and,under all/each/any/every tree/message green )

The author is stating the pronoun they separately, even though the verb translated as they built already includes this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize that the people of Judah should have known better than to build these high places and pillars and Asherahs, since they had Yahweh’s temple and its influence within their territory in Jerusalem. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for the same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing the meaning here. See how you translated the similar expression “you, you know” in [2:5](../02/05.md). Alternate translation: [even they, who should have known better]

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Shishak Attacks Israel and Judah

1 Kings 14:21-31; 2 Chronicles 11-12

At the start of his long and prosperous reign, King Solomon formed an alliance with Egypt and sealed their treaty by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter (1 Kings 3:1). While this ensured no overt military conflict between Israel and Egypt, behind the scenes Egypt was no doubt working to subtly undermine Solomon’s power, as evidenced by at least two occasions when Egypt granted asylum to Solomon’s enemies (1 Kings 11:14-40). After Solomon died, one of those enemies–Jeroboam–returned from Egypt and was made king over the northern tribes, while Solomon’s son Rehoboam continued to rule over Judah (1 Kings 12:16-20). Philistia also appears to have reestablished its independence after Solomon’s death. It must have been clear to Rehoboam that Egypt and Philistia, and perhaps Moab, could no longer be trusted as safe neighbors, because he immediately fortified a number of towns throughout Judah. Interestingly, none of these fortified towns were located between Judah and Israel. Instead, they guarded all routes leading to Jerusalem from the west, south, and southeast. In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, around 926 B.C., King Shishak of Egypt (also called Shoshenq I) launched a military campaign throughout Judah and Israel, attacking numerous towns. Shishak was of Libyan ancestry himself and was aided in his campaign by a vast army of Libyans, Sukkiim, and Cushites. He did not continue to occupy the towns of Israel and Judah, however, suggesting that his primary goal was simply to weaken both nations after the death of Solomon. Shishak recorded his campaign on sculptures in the temple of Karnak near the Egyptian capital of Thebes. Some of the towns noted in his list are difficult to identify with certainty, but those that have been somewhat firmly established are shown on this map. It should also be noted that a large portion of Shishak’s list pertaining to the Judahite towns has been severely damaged, so he likely attacked several other towns not shown on this map. The towns of Jerusalem, Libnah, and Beersheba also must have been among those missing from the Judahite list, because the Bible explicitly notes that Jerusalem was attacked (1 Kings 14:25-26; 2 Chronicles 12:9), and the destruction layers of Libnah and Beersheba suggest that Shishak had destroyed them as well. The Bible also notes that Shishak took away the treasures of the Temple and the king’s palace, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

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Shishak Attacks Israel and Judah

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