1 Kings 15:12

12 ¹He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and ²removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

1 Kings 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:12

And he took away the Sodomites out of the land
Which were in the times of Rehoboam, ( 1 Kings 14:24 ) , and continued in his father's reign; those he took away, either by driving them out of the land, or by putting them to death according to the law of God, ( Leviticus 20:13 ) even as many of them as he had knowledge of, for some remained, see ( 1 Kings 22:46 ) ,

and removed all the idols that his fathers had made;
or suffered to be made, as Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam, see ( 1 Kings 11:7 ) ( 14:23 ) ( 15:3 ) .

1 Kings 15:12 In-Context

10 He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

11 Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD , like David his father.

12 He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

14 But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 22:46
• 2. 1 Kings 11:7, 8; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 14:2-5