1 Kings 22:46 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.

NIV: He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.

NASB: And the remnant of the cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa, he eliminated from the land.

CSB: He eradicated from the land the rest of the male cult prostitutes who were left from the days of his father Asa.

NLT: He banished from the land the rest of the male and female shrine prostitutes, who still continued their practices from the days of his father, Asa.

KJV: And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

NKJV: And the rest of the perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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