He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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- 1 Kings 22:46 The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
- 1 Kings 14:23-24 For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:7-8 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- 2 Chronicles 14:2-5 Asa did that which was good and right in Yahweh his God’s eyes; for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to obey his law and command. Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.
- Romans 1:26-27 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.
- 1 Peter 1:18 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
- Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- 1 Kings 15:3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
- Ezekiel 20:18-19 I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. I am Yahweh your God. Walk in my statutes, keep my ordinances, and do them.
- Zechariah 1:2-6 “Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers. Therefore tell them: Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies. Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh. Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out…
1Ki 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Ver. 12. And he took away the sodomites.] See 1Ki 14:24. How far from this zeal of good Asa was Pope Sixtus Quartus, qui lupanar utriusque Veneris Romae condidit, et tribus mensibus anni calidioribus, Iunio, Iulio, et Augusto, toti familiae Cardinalis Sanctae Luciae masculam venerem permisit cum Apostilla, Fiat ut petitur. {a} The Papists themselves write {b} with detestation, that in Rome a Jewish maid might not be admitted into the stews of whoredom, unless she would be first baptized.
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All the idols.] The dirty idols, the dunghill deities: {c} so called here, because of the stench wherewith they offend Almighty God.
{a} Corn. Agrippa.
{b} Espencaeus
{c} Deos stercores
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Sodomites, of whom see 1Ki 14:24, not all…
The Sodomites, of whom see 1Ki 14:24, not all of them, but those whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation and censure, as appears from 1Ki 22:46.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And there was war between Asa and Baasha king…
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days: That is as long as they lived together; for Baasha died many years before Asa, and this must be reckoned from the time the war began between them. Baasha did not begin his reign until the third year of Asa, Kg1 15:25 and in the first ten years of Asa's reign the land was quiet and free from war, Ch2 14:1 of which there must be seven in the reign of Baasha, who is here made mention of out of course, for Nadab reigned before him, Kg1 15:25, the reason of which Abarbinel thinks is, that the historian, having given an account of the good deeds of Asa, relates his failings before he proceeds to the other part of his history.
, the reason of which Abarbinel thinks is, that the historian, having given an account of the good deeds of Asa, relates his failings before he proceeds to the other part of his history.
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1 Kings 15:17
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kg1 15:17And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah,.... Which, in Ch2 16:1 is said to be in the thirty sixth year of Asa's reign, or rather of his kingdom; for it can never mean the year of his reign, for Baasha was dead many years before that, since his reign began in the third of Asa, and he reigned but twenty four years, and therefore must die in the twenty seventh of Asa; but it is to be understood of the kingdom of Judah, when it was divided from Israel; from that time to this were thirty six years, seventeen under Rehoboam, three under Abijam, so that this year must be the sixteenth of Asa; thus it is calculated in the Jewish chronology (u), and which is followed by many of the best of our chronologers:
and built Ramah; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:25, but taken by the king of Israel, which he rebuilt or fortified:
that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah; that his people might not go to and from Jerusalem, and worship at the temple there; this garrison lying on the borders of both kingdoms, he thought hereby to cut off all communication between them.
(u) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 16.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sodomites - All whom he could find out; but…
Sodomites - All whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation, as appears from chap. xxii, 46. Idols, &c. - And if his father had made them, he had the more need to remove them, that he might cut off the entail of the curse.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. The sodomites] הקדשים hakkedeshim; literally, the holy…
Verse 12. The sodomites] הקדשים hakkedeshim; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on 1Kg 14:24.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 15:12. He took away the sodomites — All…
1Ki 15:12. He took away the sodomites — All whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation, as appears from 1Ki 22:46. And removed all the idols his father had made — If his father had made them, he had the more need to remove them, that he might cut off the entail of the curse.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Effeminate. See chap. xiv. 24. Yet his zeal could…
Effeminate. See chap. xiv. 24. Yet his zeal could not entirely eradicate this evil. There was room for the exertions of his son Josaphat, chap. xxii. 47. (Calmet) --- The king punished with death such as he could discover. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Sodomites — See note on 1Ki_14:24.
12. Sodomites — See note on 1Ki_14:24.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. and he took (R.V. put) away] The same…
12. and he took (R.V. put) away] The same word is so rendered in 2Ch_15:8, of these very reforms. Literally it means ‘caused to pass by.’
idols that his fathers had made] Not only those in Judah and Benjamin, but also those that were set up in the hill country of Ephraim, in the cities which Abijam had taken from Jeroboam.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he took away the Sodomites see on 1Ki_14:24,…
And he took away the Sodomites see on 1Ki_14:24, Rom_1:23-27. It appears from 1Ki_22:46 that this abomination was not wholly suppressed out of the land, and removed all the idols from llG volvit A term of contempt (see Deu_29:17, where it is coupled with "abominations; Eze_23:37) but whether the word is to be interpreted by llGe a ball of dung, in which case these idols (Dei stereorei) would have a designation like Beelzebul ("the lord of dung"), or with lG a heap of stones, (Gen_31:46, Gen_31:48) Dei lapidei, is uncertain. Keil would translate logs, Gesenius trunks, stocks, which from being rolled might well bear this name that his fathers had made.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the cultic prostitutes
the cultic prostitutes
This probably refers to prostitutes who were associated with idol worship and who were all men. AT: "religious prostitutes" or "the prostitutes who worked for idols" or "male prostitutes"
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Asa cut down the disgusting figure
Since Asa was king, he may have told his officials to cut down the figure. AT: "Asa caused the disgusting figure to be cut down" or "Asa made them cut down the disgusting figure" (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
prostitute
false god
queen
image
Asherah
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