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1 Kings 15:12

He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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ASV

And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

KJV

And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּעֲבֵ֥רvai.ya.'a.Verand he made to pass awayH5674 →
הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖יםha.ke.de.Shimthe male cult prostitutesH6945 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וַיָּ֙סַר֙vai.Ya.sarand he removedH5493 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַגִּלֻּלִ֔יםha.gi.lu.Limthe idolsH1544 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשׂ֖וּ'a.Suthey had madeH6213 →
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1 →

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2 Kings 23:7He 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.1 Kings 22:46He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.1 Kings 14:24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Deuteronomy 23:17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.1 Kings 14:23–24They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.1 Kings 11:7–8At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.Romans 1:26–27For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.2 Chronicles 14:2–5And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Ezekiel 20:18–19In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.Zechariah 1:2–6“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.1 Kings 15:3And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.1 Kings 21:26He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

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The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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