12And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.


In Context

9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

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

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

13 And 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.

14 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.

1 Kings 15:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:12He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And he took away the effeminate out of the land, and he removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his father had made.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And he banished the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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