1 Kings 15:12

New Century Version

He forced the male prostitutes at the worship places to leave the country. He also took away the idols that his ancestors had made.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:3

He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijam was not faithful to the Lord his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been.

1 Kings 21:26

Ahab sinned terribly by worshiping idols, just as the Amorite people did. And the Lord had taken away their land and given it to the people of Israel.

1 Kings 22:46

There were male prostitutes still in the places of worship from the days of his father, Asa. So Jehoshaphat forced them to leave.

1 Kings 22:47

During this time the land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a governor.

2 Kings 23:7

He also tore down the houses of the male prostitutes who were in the Temple of the Lord, where the women did weaving for Asherah.

Deuteronomy 23:17

No Israelite man or woman must ever become a temple prostitute.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver,

Jude 1:7

Also remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other towns around them. In the same way they were full of sexual sin and people who desired sexual relations that God does not allow. They suffer the punishment of eternal fire, as an example for all to see.