He put away the male shrine prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made — Asa's reforms target the central idolatrous institutions of previous reigns. The term קְדֵשִׁים (male shrine prostitutes) refers specifically to the fertility cult personnel. The phrase וַיָּסַר־אֶת־כָּל־הַגִּלּוּלִים (removed all the idols) indicates comprehensive cultic cleansing. His actions reverse the apostasy that had characterized southern religion.

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