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


In Context

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

10 and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.

11 And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.

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

13 And also Maachah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and burned it in the valley of Kidron.

14 But the high places were not removed; only, Asa's heart 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 American Standard 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 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.