Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:24
And there were also sodomites in the land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
24. which the Lord cast (R.V. drave) out ] The change of R.V. brings the expression into harmony with nearly all the rest of the places where this verb occurs. The same alteration is needed in 1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 16:3 ; 2Ki 17:8; 2Ki 21:2, but has not been made in R.V.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Sodomites – literally, (men) consecrated. The men in question were in fact consecrated to the mother of the gods, the famous Dea Syra, whose priests, or rather devotees, they were considered to be. The nature of the ancient idolatries is best understood by recollecting that persons of this degraded class practiced their abominable trade under a religious sanction.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. There were also sodomites in the land] kedeshim, consecrated persons; persons who had devoted themselves, in practices of the greatest impurity, to the service of the most impure idols.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Sodomites, i.e. males, who prostituted their bodies to the filthy lusts of others; of whom See Poole “Deu 23:17“; who also did this in the worship and to the honour of their idols as also the women did, Num 25:1,2. And this might be one occasion of so great a spreading of idolatry among the lustful Israelites. And, on the other side, God doth frequently punish idolatry with corporeal uncleanness, Rom 1:21,28. See 1Ki 15:12; 22:46; 2Ki 23:7.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And there were also Sodomites in the land, e.] Such as were addicted to unnatural lusts between men and men, which the men of Sodom were guilty of, from whence they had their name: Jarchi interprets the word adultery and some versions render it whoremongers and filthy actions of this nature, both by men and women, usually attended idolatrous practices among the heathens; in their temples and groves such wickednesses were privately perpetrated:
[and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel; the Canaanites, of whose uncleannesses, incests, and bestialities, see Le 18:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(24) Sodomites.See 1Ki. 15:12; 2Ki. 23:7. There is a horrible significance in the derivation of this word, which is properly consecrated, or devoted; for it indicates the license, and even the sanction, of unnatural lusts in those consecrated to the abominations of Nature-worship. The appearance of such in the land, whether Canaanites or apostate Israelites, is evidently noted as the climax of the infinite corruption which had set in, rivallingand, if rivalling, exceeding in depth of wickednessthe abominations of the old inhabitants of the land. That such horrors are not incompatible with advance in knowledge and material civilisation, history tells us but too plainly. To find them sanctioned under cover of religious ritual marks, however, a lower depth still.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
24. Sodomites The consecrated ones; that is, persons (male prostitutes) consecrated to the practice of lewdness as a religious rite. The English word implies that this was the abominable crime against nature from which the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah have derived their lasting infamy. This abominable consecration to unnatural lust was practised among many of the ancient nations, and even, as appears from this verse, infected the chosen people.
In the land Guilty before God must have been those Israelites who would tolerate sodomy among them. It is not said that any of the Israelites themselves practised sodomy, though, perhaps, this was in some instances the case; but the nation that tolerated such abominations, even in the heathen dwelling in their land, was virtually a partaker of their sins.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Ver. 24. And there were also sodomites in the land. ] Meritorii, male harlots, unnaturally filthy. The word here used signifieth holy ones: either by antiphrasis in a contrary meaning, or because such abomination was committed under a pretext of religion. These abandoned their bodies to suffer abominable lust. This is common in Turkey, and under the Papacy.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
sodomites. Committers of the sin of Sodom (Gen 19). Male prostitutes, dedicated to idolatry involving this sin. Connected with the ‘Asherah. App-42. Compare Deu 23:17. Deu 15:12; Deu 22:46.
children = sons.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
And there: 1Ki 15:12, 1Ki 22:46, Gen 19:5, Deu 23:17, Jdg 19:22, 2Ki 23:7, Rom 1:24-27, 1Co 6:9
Reciprocal: Lev 18:22 – General Lev 18:27 – General 1Ki 14:15 – provoking 2Ki 16:3 – according 2Ch 12:2 – Shishak Psa 53:1 – have done Hos 4:14 – and they Rev 17:4 – abominations
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 14:24. There were also sodomites in the land The kind of wickedness here referred to often attended idolatry, 1Ki 15:12; 2Ki 23:7; for among the heathen the most filthy things were practised in these shady, dark places, their groves: and such wickedness, it appears from the passages now quoted, existed at this time among the Israelites, who, out of devotion to some false god or other, prostituted their bodies, contrary to nature, to be abused in honour of those gods, in direct opposition to the law, Deu 23:17. They did according to all the abominations of the nations, &c. They dishonoured God by the sin of idolatry, and therefore God left them to dishonour their own bodies in this abominable manner.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
14:24 And there were also sodomites in the {q} land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
(q) Where idolatry reigns, all horrible vices are committed, till at length God’s just judgment destroys them completely.