And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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Gill's Exposition
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days: That is as long as they lived together; for Baasha died many years before Asa, and this must be reckoned from the time the war…
Adam Clarke
The sodomites - הקדשים hakkedeshim; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on Kg1 14:24 (note).
We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it Ch2 14:1-15, 15, and Ch2 16:1-14. Here is,
I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem,…
Cambridge Bible
and he took(R.V. put) away The same word is so rendered in 2Ch 15:8, of these very reforms. Literally it means -caused to pass by."
idols that his fathers had made Not only those in Judah and…
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