King James Version
1 Kings 22:46 in the King James Version says “And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.”
1 Kings 22:46 · King James Version
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. made: or, had ten ships
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