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and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Sodomites - Literally, "(men) consecrated." The men in question were in fact "consecrated" to the mother of the gods, the famous "Dea Syra,"…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Sodomites. —See 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7. There is a horrible significance in the derivation of this wo…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

When people once turn aside from the living God to follow inventions of their own, there is no telling where they will go; nothing is too foul, not…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And there were also Sodomites in the land ,
&e.] Such as were addicted to unnatural lusts between men and men, which…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Nothing good is said here of Rehoboam, and much is said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The prevalence of the worst crimes, those of the worst…

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