1 Kings 14:21-24

The Sin of Judah.

Having discoursed of Jeroboam and the kingdom of Israel, the sacred historian now returns to Rehoboam and the sister kingdom of Judah. To have found a better state of things here would have been refreshing, but in this we are disappointed. How fearful was the moral state of the whole world in those days!

I. JUDAH HAD FALLEN INTO THE GROSSEST IDOLATRY .

1 . He had multiplied high places .

2 . He had built many temples .

3 . He had enshrined idols in these .

4 . His idolatry was attended with shocking cites .

II. FOR HIS DEGENERACY HE WAS WITHOUT EXCUSE .

1 . He had Jerusalem for his capital .

2 . He had a son of David for his king .