1-Kings - 22:46



46 The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 22:46.

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And the remnant also of the effeminate, who remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out of the land.
And the remainder of the sodomites, which were left in the days of his father Asa, he put away from out of the land.
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he removed from the land.
And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land;
He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
The remnant of the male temple prostitutes, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
Then, too, the remnant of the effeminate, who had remained in the days of Asa, his father, he took away from the land.

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The remnant of the sodomites - הקדש of the consecrated persons; or it may rather apply here to the system of pollution, effeminacy, and debauch. He destroyed the thing itself; the abominations of Priapus, and the rites of Venus, Baal, and Ashtaroth. No more of that impure worship was to be found in Judea.

And the remnant of the Sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. His father Asa removed many of these filthy creatures, but not all; as many, no doubt, as came within his knowledge, but some remained, whom this his son removed, being of the same disposition with his father, see 1-Kings 15:12.

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