1 Kings 15:12 — Meaning and Application

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“And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.”

1 Kings 15:12

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And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. {mother's: that is, grandmother's}

And Asa did {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD, as {did} David his father.

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

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from {being} queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt {it} by the brook Kidron. {destroyed: Heb. cut off}

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

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1 Kings 15:1

"Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah."

1 Kings 15:2

"Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. {Maachah...: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel} {Abishalom: also called, Absalom}"

1 Kings 15:3

"And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father."

1 Kings 15:4

"Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: {lamp: or, candle}"

1 Kings 15:5

"Because David did {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any {thing} that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite."

1 Kings 15:6

"And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life."

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