1 Kings 14:22Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
The setting
Judah, ~926 BC. Five years after Solomon's death, the southern kingdom spirals into idolatry. Modern-day Israel and West Bank...
The emotion here: grieving historian recording national tragedy
The original word
qin'ah (קִנְאָה) — burning jealousy, like a husband whose wife commits adultery
Why it matters
This happened just one generation after Solomon built the magnificent temple
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What most readers miss in 1 Kings 14:22
They surpassed their fathers' sins — each generation got progressively WORSE
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about individual sin, but it's about national apostasy. An entire generation abandoned God together, making their collective rebellion worse than anything previous generations had done.
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Bible Genome reading
1 Kings 14:22 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Kings 14:22 comes from the book of 1 Kings, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include sin, divine judgment. Notable phrases: evil in the sight of Yahweh; provoked him to jealousy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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