What does 1 Kings 14:23 mean?
ESV: For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
NIV: They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.
NASB: For they, too, built for themselves high places, memorial stones, and Asherim on every high hill and under every luxuriant tree.
CSB: They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
NLT: For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
KJV: For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
NKJV: For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.
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This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.
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