And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Ver. 12. And he took away the sodomites.] See 1 Kings 14:24. How far from this zeal of good Asa was Pope Sixtus Quartus, qui lupanar utriusque Veneris Romae condidit, et tribus mensibus anni calidioribus, Iunio, Iulio, et Augusto, toti familiae Cardinalis Sanctae Luciae masculam venerem permisit cum Apostilla, Fiat ut petitur. a The Papists themselves write b with detestation, that in Rome a Jewish maid might not be admitted into the stews of whoredom, unless she would be first baptized.
All the idols.] The dirty idols, the dunghill deities: c so called here, because of the stench wherewith they offend Almighty God.
a Corn. Agrippa.
b Espencaeus
c Deos stercores