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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/15.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He expelled the male cult prostitutes (sodomites) from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his ancestors had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He forced the prostitutes at the shrines to leave the country, and he got rid of the idols his ancestors had made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He forced the male temple prostitutes out of the land and got rid of the idols his father had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He expelled from the country all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan places of worship, and he removed all the idols his predecessors had made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and destroyed all the idols that his ancestors had made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he banished the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he banished the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and removes the whoremongers out of the land, and turns aside all the idols that his fathers made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will take away the holy places from the land, and he will turn aside all the blocks which his fathers made.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he took away the effeminate out of the land, and he removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he took away the effeminate from the land. And he purged all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />banishing the pagan priests from the land and removing all the idols his ancestors had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He put away the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his ancestors had made.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he put the Sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he removed fornicators from the land, and he removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he removed the sodomites out of the land, and abolished all the practices which his fathers had kept up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/15-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=6004" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/15.htm">Asa Reigns in Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: way·ya·‘ă·ḇêr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">He banished</a> <a href="/hebrew/6945.htm" title="6945: haq·qə·ḏê·šîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- A temple prostitute. From qadash; a sacred person, i.e. a devotee to licentious idolatry.">the male shrine prostitutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: way·yā·sar (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">and removed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: hag·gil·lu·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">the idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">had made.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/14-3.htm">2 Chronicles 14:3</a></span><br />He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-8.htm">2 Chronicles 15:8</a></span><br />When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm">2 Chronicles 17:6</a></span><br />And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">2 Kings 23:7</a></span><br />He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17</a></span><br />No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Leviticus 18:22</a></span><br />You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-13.htm">Leviticus 20:13</a></span><br />If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26-27</a></span><br />For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">1 Timothy 1:9-10</a></span><br />We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">2 Kings 23:24</a></span><br />Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-3.htm">2 Chronicles 19:3</a></span><br />However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">2 Chronicles 31:1</a></span><br />When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">2 Chronicles 34:3-7</a></span><br />In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images. / Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">1 Kings 22:46</a></span><br />He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.</p><p class="hdg">the sodomites</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24</a></b></br> And there were also sodomites in the land: <i>and</i> they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">1 Kings 22:46</a></b></br> And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26,27</a></b></br> For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: … </p><p class="hdg">all the idols</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/15-3.htm">1 Kings 15:3</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">1 Kings 11:7,8</a></b></br> Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that <i>is</i> before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a></b></br> For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a 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href="/1_kings/15-7.htm">Asa succeeds him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/15-9.htm">Asa's good reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/15-16.htm">The war between Baasha and him causes him to make a league with Ben-Hadad</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/15-23.htm">Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/15-25.htm">Nadab's wicked reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm">Baasha conspiring against him, executes Ahijah's prophecy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/15-31.htm">Nadab's acts and death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/15-33.htm">Baasha's wicked reign</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land</b><br>This phrase refers to King Asa's religious reforms in Judah. The male shrine prostitutes, or "sodomites," were associated with Canaanite religious practices, which included ritualistic sexual acts as part of their worship. These practices were abominations according to the Mosaic Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17-18</a>). Asa's actions demonstrate his commitment to purifying the worship of Yahweh in Judah, aligning with the covenantal laws given to Israel. This reform was significant in the context of the divided kingdom, where idolatry and syncretism were rampant. Asa's actions can be seen as a return to the faithfulness of David, his ancestor, and a rejection of the practices that had led Israel astray.<p><b>and removed all the idols that his fathers had made</b><br>This part of the verse highlights Asa's efforts to eradicate idolatry from Judah. The "idols" refer to the various images and altars dedicated to foreign gods, which had been introduced by previous kings, including Solomon, who allowed his foreign wives to bring their gods into Israel (<a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">1 Kings 11:4-8</a>). Asa's removal of these idols signifies a break from the sinful practices of his predecessors and a restoration of monotheistic worship. This act of cleansing the land from idolatry is reminiscent of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and reflects a desire to restore the nation to its covenant relationship with God. Asa's reforms are a precursor to the more extensive reforms of later kings like Hezekiah and Josiah, who also sought to purify the worship practices in Judah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asa.htm">Asa</a></b><br>Asa was the king of Judah who reigned for 41 years. He is noted for his religious reforms and efforts to rid Judah of idolatry and pagan practices.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/male_shrine_prostitutes.htm">Male Shrine Prostitutes</a></b><br>These were individuals involved in cultic sexual practices associated with pagan worship, which were prevalent in the surrounding nations and had infiltrated Judah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a></b><br>Objects of worship that were made by Asa's predecessors, representing the gods of the surrounding nations, which were contrary to the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, where Asa reigned as king. It was distinct from the northern kingdom of Israel and had its own line of kings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/asa's_fathers.htm">Asa's Fathers</a></b><br>Refers to the previous kings of Judah, including Rehoboam and Abijah, who allowed or promoted idolatry and pagan practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_purity.htm">Commitment to Purity</a></b><br>Asa's actions demonstrate a commitment to spiritual and moral purity. Believers today are called to remove anything from their lives that hinders their relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_leadership.htm">Courage in Leadership</a></b><br>Asa's reforms required courage to go against established practices. Christian leaders are encouraged to stand firm in their convictions, even when it is unpopular.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_generational_patterns.htm">Breaking Generational Patterns</a></b><br>Asa broke away from the sinful practices of his ancestors. This teaches that individuals can choose a different path, regardless of their family history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Asa's actions were in obedience to God's laws. Christians are reminded of the importance of aligning their lives with Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_idolatry.htm">The Influence of Idolatry</a></b><br>The presence of idols in Judah shows how easily God's people can be led astray. Believers must be vigilant against modern forms of idolatry.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he took away the Sodomites</span> [see on 1 Kings 14:24, and <a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23-27</a>. It appears from <a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">1 Kings 22:46</a> that this abomination was not wholly suppressed] <span class="cmt_word">out of the land, and removed all the idols</span> [<span class="hebrew">גִּלֻּלִים</span> from <span class="hebrew">גָּלַל</span> <span class="accented">volvit</span> A term of contempt (see <a href="/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17</a>, where it is coupled with "abominations; "<a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Ezekiel 23:37</a>); but whether the word is to be interpreted by <span class="hebrew">גֵּלֶל</span> a ball of <span class="accented">dung</span>, in which case these idols (<span class="accented">Dei stereorei</span>) would have a designation like Beelzebul ("the lord of dung"), or with <span class="hebrew">גַּל</span> a heap of stones (<a href="/genesis/31-46.htm">Genesis 31:46, 48</a>), Dei <span class="accented">lapidei</span>, is uncertain. Keil would translate <span class="accented">logs</span>, Gesenius <span class="accented">trunks, stocks</span>, which from being <span class="accented">rolled</span> might well <span class="accented">bear</span> this name] that his fathers had made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/15-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He banished</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the male cult prostitutes</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qə·ḏê·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6945.htm">Strong's 6945: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, sacred person, a, devotee, to licentious idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and removed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֙סַר֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·sar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the idols</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגִּלֻּלִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gil·lu·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> </span><span class="str2">A log, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had made.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 15:12 He put away the sodomites out (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/15-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 15:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 15:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 15:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 15:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>