Asa threw out of the land the male prostitutes who were at the temples. He got rid of all the statues of gods made by his people of long ago.

从国中除去娈童，又除掉他列祖所造的一切偶像；

从国中除去男的庙妓，又除掉他祖先所造的一切偶像。

从国中除去男的庙妓，又除掉他祖先所造的一切偶像。

他从国中驱逐了男庙妓，清除了他祖先制造的一切神像。

他从国中除去庙妓，又除掉他列祖所做的一切偶像。

從國中除去孌童，又除掉他列祖所造的一切偶像；

從國中除去男的廟妓，又除掉他祖先所造的一切偶像。

從國中除去男的廟妓，又除掉他祖先所造的一切偶像。

他從國中驅逐了男廟妓，清除了他祖先製造的一切神像。

他從國中除去廟妓，又除掉他列祖所做的一切偶像。

他將男性廟倡從國中除去，又除掉了他列祖所造的一切偶像。

驅孌童於斯土、除其列祖所作之偶像、

驅孌童於斯土、毀父所作之偶像。

除頑童於國中、亦除祖父所作之一切偶像、

He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his ancestors had made.

He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made.

And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Jehoshaphat got rid of the rest of the male prostitutes who were at the temples. They had remained in the land even after the rule of his father Asa.

Judah also set up for themselves high places for worship. They set up sacred stones. They set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree.There were even male prostitutes at the temples in the land. The people took part in all the practices of other nations. The Lord hated those practices. He had driven those nations out to make room for the Israelites.

You were set free from an empty way of life. This way of life was handed down to you by your own people of long ago. You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, like silver or gold.

Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.Asa removed the altars where false gods were worshiped. He took away the high places. He smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah.He commanded Judah to worship the Lord, the God of their people. He commanded them to obey the Lord’ s laws and commands.Asa removed the high places and incense altars from every town in Judah. The kingdom had peace and rest under his rule.

There is a hill east of Jerusalem. Solomon built a high place for worshiping Chemosh there. He built a high place for worshiping Molek there too. Chemosh was the god of Moab. Molek was the god of Ammon. The Lord hated both of those gods.Solomon also built high places so that all his wives from other nations could worship their gods. Those women burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

The people of Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them also did evil things. They freely committed sexual sins. They committed sins of the worst possible kind. There is a fire that never goes out. Those people are an example of those who are punished with it.

So God let them continue to have their shameful desires. Their women committed sexual acts that were not natural.In the same way, the men turned away from their natural love for women. They burned with sexual desire for each other. Men did shameful things with other men. They suffered in their bodies for all the wrong things they did.

Abijah committed all the sins his father had committed before him. Abijah didn’t obey the Lord his God with all his heart. He didn’t do what King David had done.

The Lord who rules over all was very angry with your people of long ago.And now he says to us,“ Return to me. Then I will return to you,” announces the Lord.“ Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said,‘ Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.“ Where are those people now? And what about my prophets? Do they live forever?I commanded my servants the prophets what to say. I told them what I planned to do. But your people refused to obey me. So I had to punish them.“ Then they had a change of heart. They said,‘ The Lord who rules over all has punished us because of how we have lived. He was fair and right to do that. He has done to us just what he decided to do.’ ”

I spoke to their children there. I said,‘ Do not follow the rules your parents gave you. Do not obey their laws. Do not make yourselves“ unclean” by worshiping their gods.I am the Lord your God. So follow my rules. Be careful to obey my laws.