1 Kings 15:12

12 et abstulit effeminatos de terra purgavitque universas sordes idolorum quae fecerant patres eius

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 et quadraginta uno anno regnavit in Hierusalem nomen matris eius Maacha filia Absalom

11 et fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini sicut David pater eius

12 et abstulit effeminatos de terra purgavitque universas sordes idolorum quae fecerant patres eius

13 insuper et Maacham matrem suam amovit ne esset princeps in sacris Priapi et in luco eius quem consecraverat subvertitque specum eius et confregit simulacrum turpissimum et conbusit in torrente Cedron

14 excelsa autem non abstulit verumtamen cor Asa perfectum erat cum Deo cunctis diebus suis