1 Kings 14:23

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

Cross-reference

In 1 Kings 14:15, the Lord threatens exile because of the Asherim, linking this sin to its judgment.

1 Kings 3:2 Contrast

In 1 Kings 3:2, high places were accepted before the temple; here they are condemned as idolatrous.

1 Kings 15:12 records Asa removing the male cult prostitutes and idols—a reform that undoes the sins set up here.

In 1 Kings 22:43, Jehoshaphat leaves the high places standing — the same sin pattern from Rehoboam's era continues.

Leviticus 26:1 forbids making sacred stones and idols; here Judah builds them, violating the command.

Deuteronomy 12:2 commands destroying high places; here Judah builds them, directly disobeying.

Ezekiel 20:28 directly echoes the sin of offering on high hills and under spreading trees, provoking God.

In 2 Kings 17:9, this same pattern of secret high places and idolatry is described for the northern kingdom, mirroring Judah's sin.

2 Kings 17:10 explicitly mentions setting up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, the very objects condemned here.

Jeremiah 17:2 condemns altars and Asherim on green hills, showing the same idolatrous practice persists.

2 Kings 21:3-7 shows Manasseh rebuilding altars and Asherah on high places, continuing the same idolatry.

Jeremiah 3:13 uses 'under every green tree' as a metaphor for Israel's spiritual adultery, echoing this context.

2 Chronicles 28:4 describes Ahaz sacrificing on high places and under green trees, repeating the same sins.

In 2 Chronicles 24:18, Judah serves Asherah poles — the same term used for the idolatry that began under Rehoboam.

In Ezekiel 6:13, the same phrase 'on every high hill, under every green tree' describes judgment on idolatry.

In Jeremiah 3:6, the prophet uses the same imagery of every high hill and green tree to depict Israel's unfaithfulness.

In 2 Chronicles 33:3, Manasseh rebuilds high places and makes Asherah poles — directly mirroring the earlier practices.

Leviticus 17:5 commands sacrifices only at the tabernacle—the very law violated by building these high places.

In 2 Kings 23:6, Josiah removes the Asherah from the temple — directly addressing the same idolatrous object built earlier.

In 2 Kings 17:16, Israel makes an Asherah and serves Baal — the same Asherah poles condemned earlier in Judah.

In 2 Kings 16:4, Ahaz sacrifices on high hills under every green tree — virtually identical language describing the same idolatrous practice.

Ezekiel 16:24 describes building high places as spiritual prostitution, paralleling the sinful practice here.

Ezekiel 16:25 continues the prostitution metaphor on every high place, mirroring Judah's sin.

In 2 Kings 10:26, Jehu destroys the pillar of Baal — a later response to the same kind of idolatrous object built in Judah.

In Ezekiel 20:29, God questions the 'high place' as a site of idolatry, alluding to the same practice.

Micah 5:14 Prophetic fulfillment

Micah 5:14 predicts God will uproot the Asherah poles mentioned here, showing their future judgment.

Isaiah 57:5 Parallel

Isaiah 57:5 uses the same 'under every spreading tree' imagery for idolatry, showing the persistence of this sin.

Hosea 10:1 Parallel

Hosea 10:1 describes building altars and pillars as prosperity increased, echoing the construction of high places in 1 Kings 14:23.