1-kings 15:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.
Webster's Revision
And he banished the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
World English Bible
He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Clarke's 1-kings 15:12 Bible Commentary
The sodomites - הקדשים hakkedeshim; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on 1 Kings 14:24 (note).
Wesley's 1-kings 15:12 Bible Commentary
15:12 Sodomites - All whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation, as appears from chap. 22:46 .Idols, &c. - And if his father had made them, he had the more need toremove them, that he might cut off the entail of the curse.
