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1 Kings 14:24

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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.
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  1. Deuteronomy 23:17Rank 1 from verse 24
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    17¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

  2. 1 Corinthians 6:9Rank 2 from verse 24
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    9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

  3. 1 Kings 15:12Rank 3 from verse 24
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    12And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

  4. 2 Kings 23:7Rank 4 from verse 24
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    7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

  5. 1 Kings 22:46Rank 5 from verse 24
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    46And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

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1 Kings 14:24

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sodomites

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Men devoted to forbidden sexual prostitution or sexual immorality, especially in connection with idolatry.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

24And 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.

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25¶ And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

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