1 Kings 15:12 meaning and explanation
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Kings 15:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Asa has just become king of Judah, and the writer measures him against his ancestor David. The verse names two of his first reforms: he expels the male shrine prostitutes, a term translating the Hebrew qadesh, meaning one set apart for cultic service, and he destroys the idols his predecessors had made.
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