1 Kings 15:12

12 He put away the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his ancestors 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. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

11 Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David had done.

12 He put away the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his ancestors had made.

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

14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his days.