1 Kings 15:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Kings 15:12

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Berean Standard Bible

He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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KJV

King James Version

And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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World English Bible

He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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 15

¹⁰ and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

¹¹ And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

¹² He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

¹³ He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

¹⁴ The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

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