24 (A)And there were also [a]perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the (B)abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out before the children of (C)Israel.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:24 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(A) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(B) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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12 (A)And he banished the [a]perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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  1. 1 Kings 15:12 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes(A) from the land and got rid of all the idols(B) his ancestors had made.

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