1 Kings 15:12

12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

1 Kings 15:12 in Other Translations

12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

12 He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

12 He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

12 He cleaned house: He got rid of the sacred prostitutes and threw out all the idols his predecessors had made.

12 And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

12 He forced the male temple prostitutes out of the land and got rid of the idols his father had made.

12 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made.

12 Asa threw out of the land the male prostitutes who were at the temples. He got rid of all of the statues of gods his people before him had made.

1 Kings 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:12

And he took away the Sodomites out of the land
Which were in the times of Rehoboam, ( 1 Kings 14:24 ) , and continued in his father's reign; those he took away, either by driving them out of the land, or by putting them to death according to the law of God, ( Leviticus 20:13 ) even as many of them as he had knowledge of, for some remained, see ( 1 Kings 22:46 ) ,

and removed all the idols that his fathers had made;
or suffered to be made, as Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam, see ( 1 Kings 11:7 ) ( 14:23 ) ( 15:3 ) .

1 Kings 15:12 In-Context

10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.

11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

14 Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 22:46
• 2. 2 Chronicles 15:8