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1 Kings 15:12

What does 1 Kings 15:12 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 15:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he took away the effeminate out of the land, and removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.

v.12This passage

v.13And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 14:23

    For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

  • Zechariah 1:2

    Jehovah was sore displeased with your fathers.

  • 1 Peter 1:18

    knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

  • 1 Kings 15:3

    And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:2

    And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:

  • Jude 1:7

    Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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