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

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

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

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

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.

And he banished the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

And he took away the effeminate from the land. And he purged all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

The sodomites - הקדשים hakkedeshim; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on 1-Kings 14:24 (note).

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.

Sodomites - All whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation, as appears from 1-Kings 22:46. Idols, &c. - And if his father had made them, he had the more need to remove them, that he might cut off the entail of the curse.