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

10And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yhwh, as did David his father. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with Yhwh all his days.

1 Kings 15:12 word by word

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

• 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 14:24And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yhwh cast out before the children of Israel.
• 1 Kings 22:46And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
• Romans 1:26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
• Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
• 1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with Yhwh his God, as the heart of David his father.
• 1 Kings 11:7Then 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 14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
• 2 Chronicles 14:2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yhwh his God:
• Ezekiel 20:18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
• Zechariah 1:2Yhwh hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
• 1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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