1 Kings 15:12 -
And he took away the Sodomites [see on 1 Kings 14:24 , and Romans 1:23-27 . It appears from 1 Kings 22:46 that this abomination was not wholly suppressed] out of the land, and removed all the idols [ גִּלֻּלִים from גָּלַל volvit A term of contempt (see Deuteronomy 29:17 , where it is coupled with "abominations; " Ezekiel 23:37 ); but whether the word is to be interpreted by גֵּלֶל a ball of dung, in which case these idols ( Dei stereorei ) would have a designation like Beelzebul ("the lord of dung"), or with גַּל a heap of stones ( Genesis 31:46 , Genesis 31:48 ), Dei lapidei, is uncertain. Keil would translate logs, Gesenius trunks, stocks, which from being rolled might well bear this name] that his fathers had made.
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