1 Kings 22:46The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
The setting
Jerusalem and surrounding hills, ~850 BC. King Jehoshaphat systematically dismantles remaining shrine prostitution sites his father couldn't fully eliminate, in modern-day West Bank hills.
The emotion here: grim determination to complete his father's unfinished moral mission
The original word
qadesh (קָדֵשׁ) — literally 'holy ones,' male shrine prostitutes in fertility cults
Why it matters
These weren't just immoral practices but competing religious systems threatening Israel's covenant identity
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Kings 22:46
His father Asa tried to remove these but couldn't finish — sometimes moral reform takes generations
Common misconceptionPeople read this as simple moral policing, but Jehoshaphat was actually completing a 25-year reform his father died before finishing — it's about generational faithfulness, not sudden judgment.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 1 Kings 22:46
Bible Genome reading
1 Kings 22:46 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Kings 22:46 comes from the book of 1 Kings, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is deciding, with a comfort power of 30% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include moral reform, spiritual purification. Notable phrases: put away out of the land.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same deciding
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
— Deuteronomy 5:7
“"You shall not murder.”
— Exodus 20:13
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Matthew 23:12
“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7
“But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"”
— Acts 3:6
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