KJV King James Version
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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1 Kings 15:12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
WEB World English Bible
He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
ASV American Standard Version
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 15
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father.
12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron.
14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
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וַיַּעֲבֵ֥רH5674 · a.varto passהַקְּדֵשִׁ֖יםH6945 · qa.deshmale cult prostituteמִן־H4480 · minfromהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוַיָּ֙סַר֙H5493 · surto turn aside: removeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַגִּלֻּלִ֔יםH1544 · gil.lulidolאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשׂ֖וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֲבֹתָֽיו׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
1 Kings 22:46And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.1 Kings 14:23-24For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.2 Chronicles 14:2-5And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:Romans 1:26-27For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.1 Kings 11:7-8Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;Ezekiel 20:18-19But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.Zechariah 1:2-6The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
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