22:46a He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained

The Hebrew text can mean either that Jehoshaphat killed these people or that he expelled them from Judah.

He got rid of all the cult prostitutes who were still in the land/nation
-or-
Jehoshaphat removed/destroyed the sex workers who were serving at the pagan shrines. Some were still living in the land ⌊of Judah⌋

22:46b from the days of his father Asa.

following the days of his father Asa.
-or-
even after King Asa ⌊had ordered them to leave⌋.

22:46a-b (reordered)

His father King Asa had tried/begun to get rid of the pagan prostitutes, and Jehoshaphat completed his work.

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