Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Holman Bible
He banished the male cult prostitutes
International Standard Version
He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and destroyed all the idols that his ancestors had made.
A Conservative Version
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
American Standard Version
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Amplified
He expelled the male cult prostitutes (sodomites) from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made.
Bible in Basic English
Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.
Darby Translation
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his father had made.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will take away the holy places from the land, and he will turn aside all the blocks which his fathers made.
King James 2000
And he took away the male prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He put away the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he removed all of the idols that his ancestors made.
Modern King James verseion
And he took away the sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he made the stews of males depart the land, and put away all the idols that his fathers had made.
NET Bible
He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.
New Heart English Bible
And he banished the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
The Emphasized Bible
and he put away the male devotees out of the land, - and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Webster
And he banished the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
World English Bible
He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Themes
Idolatry » Zeal » Against » Asa
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Asa
Maachah » Also called michaiah » Mother of abijam and grandmother of asa
religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Idols put away
religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Asa
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Idols put away
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Asa
Religious zeal » Instances of » Asa
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Asa » Abolishing » Sodomy
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 15:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Reign Of Asa In Judah
11 And Asa doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father, 12 and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made; 13 and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth it by the brook Kidron;
Cross References
1 Kings 22:46
And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land;
1 Kings 11:7-8
Then doth Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon;
1 Kings 14:23-24
And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;
2 Chronicles 14:2-5
And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,
1 Kings 15:3
and he walketh in all the sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father;
Ezekiel 20:18-19
And I say to their sons in the wilderness: In the statutes of your fathers ye walk not, And their judgments ye do not observe, And with their idols ye are not defiled.
Zechariah 1:2-6
Jehovah was wroth against your fathers -- wrath!
Romans 1:26-27
Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;
1 Peter 1:18
having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
Jude 1:7
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before -- an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.