1 Kings 22:46
He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.
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- 1 Kgs 14:24 : 24 There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.
- 1 Kgs 15:12 : 12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.
- Deut 23:17 : 17 Purity in Cultic Personnel There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.
- Gen 19:5 : 5 They shouted to Lot,“Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can take carnal knowledge of them!”
- Jude 1:7 : 7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- Judg 19:22 : 22 They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house,“Send out the man who came to visit you so we can take carnal knowledge of him.”
- Rom 1:26-27 : 26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, 27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
- 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
- 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers– in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.
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- 1 Kgs 15:11-144 verses85%
11 Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.
12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.
13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
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24 There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.
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45 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
- 2 Kgs 23:6-72 verses75%
6 He removed the Asherah pole from the LORD’s temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard.
7 He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the LORD’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
- 2 Chr 15:8-92 verses70%
8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the LORD in front of the porch of the LORD’s temple.
9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
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43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Chr 14:2-32 verses70%
2 Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.
3 He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.
- 1 Kgs 15:22-243 verses70%
22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah(no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. King Asa used the materials to build up Geba(in Benjamin) and Mizpah.
23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.
24 Asa passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.
- 2 Chr 15:16-172 verses70%
16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
17 The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
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47 There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.
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2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
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6 He was committed to following the LORD; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
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18 Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns that were around them. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.
- 2 Chr 20:32-343 verses69%
32 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.
33 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.
34 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Jehu son of Hanani, which are included in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.
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11 Asa’s Reign Ends The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chr 21:11-122 verses68%
11 He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the LORD and led Judah away from the LORD.
12 Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,
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17 Purity in Cultic Personnel There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.
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15 He removed the foreign gods and images from the LORD’s temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the LORD’s temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city.
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28 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
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3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”
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40 I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.
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6 The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
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19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the LORD. He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel.
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36 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
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6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. He used the materials to build up Geba and Mizpah.
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50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.
- 1 Kgs 15:8-92 verses66%
8 Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.
9 Asa’s Reign over Judah In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.
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6 In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them,
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19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
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33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the LORD their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD God of their ancestors.
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4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
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7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
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29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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12 The LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,
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6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,
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19 The rest of the events of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.