And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
The remnant were the male cult prostitutes still left in Judah from the days of his father Asa, and Jehoshaphat took them out of the land. He did this because he walked in all the ways of Asa his father, doing right in the sight of the Lord. He sought the God of his father and not Baalim nor after the doings of Israel, and his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord.
He was troubled by idolatrous practices among subjects who had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers and who still offered and burned incense in the high places. As reformations were wrought he took away the high places and groves out of Judah and then cleared the land of this remnant, thereby finishing the cleansing work begun by his father Asa. This removal was part of gradual reforms that freed Judah from practices threatening its spiritual growth.
The remnant were the male cult prostitutes still left in Judah from the days of his father Asa, and Jehoshaphat took them out of the land. He did this because he walked in all the ways of Asa his father, doing right in the sight of the Lord. He sought the God of his father and not Baalim nor after the doings of Israel, and his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord.
He was troubled by idolatrous practices among subjects who had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers and who still offered and burned incense in the high places. As reformations were wrought he took away the high places and groves out of Judah and then cleared the land of this remnant, thereby finishing the cleansing work begun by his father Asa. This removal was part of gradual reforms that freed Judah from practices threatening its spiritual growth.