1 Kings 22:46

He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. ¹ 

biblegateway 1Ki 22:46

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

biblegateway 1Ki 22:46

The remnant of the sodomites who remained in the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land.

biblegateway 1Ki 22:46

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

biblegateway 1Ki 22:46

Also, he got rid of the sacred prostitutes left over from the days of his father Asa.

SABDAweb 1Ki 22:46

He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.

bibleoremus 1Ki 22:46

The remnant of the male temple prostitutes who were still in the land in the days of his father Asa, he exterminated.

biblegateway 1Ki 22:46

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

biblegateway 1Ki 22:46

He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “and the rest of the male cultic prostitutes who were left in the days of Asa his father, he burned from the land.” Some understand the verb בִּעֵר (bi’er) to mean “sweep away” here rather than “burn.” See the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

¹ sn Despite Asa’s opposition to these male cultic prostitutes (see 1 Kgs 15:12) some of them had managed to remain in the land. Jehoshaphat finished what his father had started.