Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made. New Living Translation He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made. English Standard Version He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. Berean Standard Bible He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. King James Bible And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. New King James Version And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. New American Standard Bible He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. NASB 1995 He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. NASB 1977 He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. Legacy Standard Bible He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. Amplified Bible He expelled the male cult prostitutes (sodomites) from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made. Christian Standard Bible He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his ancestors had made. Holman Christian Standard Bible He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made. American Standard Version And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. Contemporary English Version He forced the prostitutes at the shrines to leave the country, and he got rid of the idols his ancestors had made. English Revised Version And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. GOD'S WORD® Translation He forced the male temple prostitutes out of the land and got rid of the idols his father had made. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and destroyed all the idols that his ancestors had made. Majority Standard Bible He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. NET Bible He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made. New Heart English Bible And he banished the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. Webster's Bible Translation And he banished the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. World English Bible He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand removes the whoremongers out of the land, and turns aside all the idols that his fathers made; Young's Literal Translation and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made; Smith's Literal Translation And he will take away the holy places from the land, and he will turn aside all the blocks which his fathers made. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he took away the effeminate out of the land, and he removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made. Catholic Public Domain Version And he took away the effeminate from the land. And he purged all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made. New American Bible banishing the pagan priests from the land and removing all the idols his ancestors had made. New Revised Standard Version He put away the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his ancestors had made. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he put the Sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he removed fornicators from the land, and he removed all the idols that his fathers had made. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he removed the sodomites out of the land, and abolished all the practices which his fathers had kept up. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Asa Reigns in Judah…11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. 12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13He 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.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 14:3 He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles. 2 Chronicles 15:8 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. 2 Chronicles 17:6 And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah. 2 Kings 23:7 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. Deuteronomy 23:17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. Leviticus 18:22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. Leviticus 20:13 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. Romans 1:26-27 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. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 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. 1 Timothy 1:9-10 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 2 Kings 23:24 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. 2 Chronicles 19:3 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.” 2 Chronicles 31:1 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. 2 Chronicles 34:3-7 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. ... 1 Kings 22:46 He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa. Treasury of Scripture And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. the sodomites 1 Kings 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 1 Kings 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. Romans 1:26,27 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: … all the idols 1 Kings 15:3 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. 1 Kings 11:7,8 Then 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 Kings 14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. Jump to Previous Banished Country Cult Expelled Fathers Gods Idols Images Male Prostitutes Purposes Removed Removeth Rid Sex Shrine Sodomites Turneth Used Whoremongers WorshipJump to Next Banished Country Cult Expelled Fathers Gods Idols Images Male Prostitutes Purposes Removed Removeth Rid Sex Shrine Sodomites Turneth Used Whoremongers Worship1 Kings 15 1. Abijam's wicked reign7. Asa succeeds him 9. Asa's good reign 16. The war between Baasha and him causes him to make a league with Ben-Hadad 23. Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa 25. Nadab's wicked reign 27. Baasha conspiring against him, executes Ahijah's prophecy 31. Nadab's acts and death 33. Baasha's wicked reign He banished The act of banishing indicates a decisive and authoritative action taken by King Asa. The Hebrew root for "banished" is "עָבַר" (avar), which means to pass over or remove. This action reflects Asa's commitment to purifying the land of Judah from practices that were contrary to the worship of Yahweh. In a historical context, this demonstrates Asa's dedication to reform and his desire to align the kingdom with the covenantal laws given to Israel. the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He banishedוַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר (way·ya·‘ă·ḇêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on the male cult prostitutes הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים (haq·qə·ḏê·šîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6945: A, sacred person, a, devotee, to licentious idolatry from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the land הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and removed וַיָּ֙סַר֙ (way·yā·sar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5493: To turn aside all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of the idols הַגִּלֻּלִ֔ים (hag·gil·lu·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1544: A log, an idol that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that his fathers אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ (’ă·ḇō·ṯāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father had made. עָשׂ֖וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make Links 1 Kings 15:12 NIV1 Kings 15:12 NLT 1 Kings 15:12 ESV 1 Kings 15:12 NASB 1 Kings 15:12 KJV 1 Kings 15:12 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 15:12 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 15:12 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 15:12 French Bible 1 Kings 15:12 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 15:12 He put away the sodomites out (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |