"And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made." — 1 Kings 15:12

1 Kings 15:12 · KJV

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

— 1 Kings 15:12

And Asa did {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD, as {did} David his father.

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from {being} queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt {it} by the brook Kidron. {destroyed: Heb. cut off}

1 Kings 15 — Context

And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. {mother's: that is, grandmother's}

And Asa did {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD, as {did} David his father.

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

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from {being} queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt {it} by the brook Kidron. {destroyed: Heb. cut off}

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:46

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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. {images: or, standing images, or, statues}

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:

2 Chronicles 14:2-5

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

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, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. {strange: Gr. other}

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 tradition from your fathers;

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 abomination of the children of Ammon.

Ezekiel 20:18-19

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

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