1 Kings 15:12

1 Kings 15:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• New International Version (NIV)He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Context of 1 Kings 15:12

10He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. 11Asa did what the Lord approved like his ancestor David had done. He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made. 13He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 14The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

1 Kings 15:12 word by word

וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּ֙סַר֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַגִּלֻּלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he took awayעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the sodomitesקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · male cult prostituteH6945
• out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and removedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• all the idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• that his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• had madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213

Cross-references for 1 Kings 15:12

• 1 Kings 14:24There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.
• 1 Kings 22:46He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.
• Romans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,
• Jude 1:7So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
• 1 Kings 15:3He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.
• 1 Kings 11:7Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
• 1 Kings 14:23They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
• 2 Chronicles 14:2(14:1) Asa did what the Lord his God desired and approved.
• Ezekiel 20:18“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
• Zechariah 1:2The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.
• 1 Peter 1:18You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The sodomites - הקדשים hakkedeshim ; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on 1 Kings 14:24; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-24Verses 9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins, and a great deal he found to do. When Asa found idolatry in the court, he rooted it out thence. Reformation must begin at home. Asa honours and respects his mother; he loves her well, but he loves God better. Those that have power are happy when thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13did what was right: Besides the reforms mentioned here, the writer of Chronicles notes the positive spiritual influence of God's prophet Azariah on the king (2 Chronicles 15:1–7). Asa also gathered a large assembly to renew the covenant with the Lord (2 Chronicles 15:9–15). shrine prostitutes: See 1 Kings 14:23–24. Asa worked to limit idolatry and pagan fertility rituals, even removing Maacah from her powerful position as queen mother (1 Kings 15:13; 2…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. his mother's name was Maachah--She was properly his grandmother, and she is here called "the king's mother," from the post of dignity which at the beginning of his reign she possessed. Asa, as a constitutional monarch, acted like the pious David, laboring to abolish the traces and polluting practices of idolatry, and in pursuance of his impartial conduct, he did not spare delinquents even of the highest rank.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 15:12

• Asa
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Maachah
• Rulers
• Sodomites
• Sodomy
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Baasha
• Proclamation
• Sodomites
• Abishag
• Chemosh
• Crime; Crimes
• God
• Harlot
• Male

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15

• 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