Graphic Bible · Scene 13 of 17

Depict Judah’s widespread high places, pillars and Asherah poles under Rehoboam; avoid eroticized depiction of cult prostitution.
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1 Kings 14:22-24

Judah’s high places

Judgment on Jeroboam and Rehoboam · 1 Kings 14

Story guide: Hilltop shrines with standing pillars and Asherah poles stand beneath green trees, showing the spread of worship the passage condemns; the cult prostitution it mentions is not depicted.

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22The people of Judah did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh. Through their sins they provoked him to jealousy more than their ancestors had ever done.

23They too built shrines for themselves and set up sacred stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

24There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. The people of Judah practiced all the abominations of the nations Yahweh had driven out before the Israelites.

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