1 Kings 14:24 records that 'sodomites' (male cult prostitutes) existed earlier under Rehoboam, setting the stage for their removal here.

1 Kings 15:12 shows Asa, Jehoshaphat's father, also removed the sodomites — Jehoshaphat finishes the work.

Deuteronomy 23:17 is the law forbidding male cult prostitutes that Jehoshaphat is here enforcing by removing them from the land.

2 Kings 23:7 records Josiah destroying the houses of the sodomites, a later parallel purge of the same practice.