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1 Kings 22:43

And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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ASV

And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

KJV

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַ֥ךְ'akhonlyH389 →
הַבָּמ֖וֹתha.ba.Motthe high placesH1116 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
סָ֑רוּSa.ruthey were removedH5493 →
ע֥וֹדodstillH5750 →
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
מְזַבְּחִ֥יםme.za.be.Chim[were] sacrificingH2076 →
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖יםu.me.ka.te.Rimand making smokeH6999 →
בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ba.ba.Motat the high placesH1116 →
הַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.Sharthe rightH3477 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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1 Kings 15:14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.1 Kings 3:2The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.2 Kings 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.Proverbs 4:27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.2 Chronicles 17:6And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.2 Chronicles 33:17Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.2 Chronicles 14:2–5And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.2 Chronicles 15:8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.Exodus 32:8How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”2 Kings 18:22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?Psalms 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.1 Samuel 12:20–21“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.2 Chronicles 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.2 Chronicles 16:7–12At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.1 Kings 15:11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.2 Chronicles 17:3–6Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,2 Kings 15:3–4And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

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