Discovery Box1 Kings 15:12 
Context15:12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols 1 his ancestors 2 had made.
1 Kings 21:26
Context21:26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, 3 just like the Amorites 4 whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)
1 tn The word used here, גִלּוּלִים [gillulim], is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as “worthless things” (אֱלִילִים, ’elilim), “vanities” or “empty winds” (הֲבָלִים, havalim).
2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
3 tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).
4 tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”
