God’s Word Translation
1 Kings 22:46
46He rid the land of the male temple prostitutes who were left there from the time of his father Asa.
1 Kings 22:46 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
- New International Version (NIV)He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the rest of the perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.
Context of 1 Kings 22:46
44But the illegal worship sites were not torn down. The people continued to sacrifice and burn incense at these worship sites. Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 45Isn’t everything else about Jehoshaphat—the heroic acts he did and ⌞the wars⌟ he fought—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? He rid the land of the male temple prostitutes who were left there from the time of his father Asa. 47There was no king in Edom; instead, a deputy ruled. 48Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-style ships to go to Ophir for gold. But they didn’t go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.
Read all of 1 Kings 221 Kings 22:46 word by word
וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ הַקָּדֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאַ֔ר בִּימֵ֖י אָסָ֣א אָבִ֑יו בִּעֵ֖ר מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the remnantיֶ֫תֶרyether · remainderH3499
- of the sodomitesקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · male cult prostituteH6945
- which remainedשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
- in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
- he tookבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
- out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for 1 Kings 22:46
- 1 Kings 14:24There were even male prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah did all the disgusting practices done by the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way.
- 1 Kings 15:12He forced the male temple prostitutes out of the land and got rid of the idols his father had made.
- Genesis 19:5They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to ⌞stay with⌟ you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
- Deuteronomy 23:17No Israelite man or woman should ever become a temple prostitute.
- Judges 19:22While they were enjoying themselves, some worthless men from the city surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They told the old man, the owner of the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so that we can have sex with him.”
- Romans 1:26For this reason God allowed their shameful passions to control them. Their women have exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Don’t you know that wicked people won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals,
- 1 Timothy 1:10Laws are intended for people involved in sexual sins, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for those who lie when they take an oath, and for whatever else is against accurate teachings.
- Jude 1:7What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them is an example for us of the punishment of eternal fire. The people of these cities suffered the same fate that God’s people and the angels did, because they committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 22:46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46The remnant of the sodomites - הקדש of the consecrated persons; or it may rather apply here to the system of pollution, effeminacy, and debauch. He destroyed the thing itself; the abominations of Priapus, and the rites of Venus, Baal, and Ashtaroth. No more of that impure worship was to be found in Judea.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46See the marginal references notes.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-50Verses 41-50 Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46Jehoshaphat deserves credit for getting rid of religious prostitutes. His father, Asa, had banned them (1 Kings 15:12), but they still existed. These prostitutes were likely based at pagan shrines that Asa did not remove (1 Kings 15:14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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