1 Kings 22:46
“The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.”
What does 1 Kings 22:46 mean?
This verse describes King Jehoshaphat continuing his father Asa's work of religious reform by removing people involved in shrine prostitution from Judah. In ancient Israel, temple prostitution was tied to worship of other gods and was considered a serious departure from faith in the Lord. Jehoshaphat saw himself as cleaning up his kingdom spiritually, much as his father had begun to do. While the historical context involves religious practices very different from our own, the underlying theme speaks to how leaders shaped their societies according to their deepest convictions about what mattered most.