1 Kings 15:12

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

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
away	וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר vai.ya.'a.Ver	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sodomites	הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים ha.ke.de.Shim	H6945	a (quasi) sacred person · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
land	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
removed	וַיָּ֙סַר֙ vai.Ya.sar	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
idols	הַגִּלֻּלִ֔ים ha.gi.lu.Lim	H1544	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
fathers	אֲבֹתָֽיו 'a.vo.Tav	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
made	עָשׂ֖וּ 'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

1 Kings 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
1 Kings 14:23-24 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
1 Kings 11:7-8 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomina…
2 Chronicles 14:2-5 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
Romans 1:26-27 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by traditio…
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh,…
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 the LORD his God, as the heart…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it Ch2 14:1-15, 15, and Ch2 16:1-14. Here is, I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, Kg1 15:10. In the account we have of the kings of Judah we find the number of the good kings and the bad ones nearly equal; but then we may observe, to our comfort, that the reign of the good kings was generally long, but that of the bad kings short, the consideration of which will make the state of God's church not altogether so bad within that period as it appears at first sight. Length of days is in Wisdom's right hand. Honour thy father, much more thy heavenly Father, that thy days may be long…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:10

ASA'S GOOD REIGN. (Kg1 15:9-22) his mother's name was Maachah--She was properly his grandmother, and she is here called "the king's mother," from the post of dignity which at the beginning of his reign she possessed. Asa, as a constitutional monarch, acted like the pious David, laboring to abolish the traces and polluting practices of idolatry, and in pursuance of his impartial conduct, he did not spare delinquents even of the highest rank.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:12

The sodomites - הקדשים hakkedeshim; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on Kg1 14:24 (note).

John Gill on 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.

Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Look for a little at those books on the Republic from which you drew that ideal of the most devoted citizen: that there should be no limit or legitimate restriction on his service. Look, I beg you, and notice with what high praise frugality and temperance are there spoken of, as well as fidelity to the marriage bond, and chaste, honorable and upright conduct. When a state excels in these, it can truly be said to bloom. But in churches in growing numbers all over the world, as in holy gatherings of peoples, these principles are taught and learned; above all, the devotion by which the true and truth-giving God is worshiped, who not only commands these principles to be kept but also gives them fulfillment. It is by these that the human mind is prepared and made fit for the divine society and for its habitation in the eternal heavenly country. Hence he has foretold that the images of the many false gods would be overturned and has commanded them to be overturned.
— Augustine of Hippo, LETTER 91

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Dictionary and topics

Asa — Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities,…
Baasha — Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he…
Sodomites — Those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom (Deut. 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; Rom. 1:26, 27). Asa destroyed them “out of the land” (1 Kings 15:12), as did also his son Jehoshaphat (22:46).
Asa · 1. King of — 1. King of
Idolatry · .Licentiousness of — .Licentiousness of
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Asa — Who reigned over Judah: Asa
Maachah · .Mother of Abijam and grandmother of Asa — .Mother of Abijam and grandmother of Asa
Sodomites · General references — General references
Sodomy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 15:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:10

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:12

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:12

Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 15:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:10

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:12

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:12

Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 15:11-13

Rashi on 1 Kings 15:12