1 Kings 22:43
in 1 Kings 22And 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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This verse in 1 Kings 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
On the general piety of Asa, see above, 1Ki 15:11-15 and references. Jehoshaphat seems to have been a still better king, for he did not, like Asa, fall away in his old age 2Ch 16:2-12. The high places were not taken away - This seems to contradict 2Ch 17:6. Probably the writer of Chronicles refers to the desire and intention of the monarch, while the author of Kings records the practical failure of his efforts.
This site's exposition
began to reign over Judah
on 1 Kings 22:41-43
Jehoshaphat's record opens with the formula this book gives every king of Judah, judged against doing right in the eyes of the Lord, and his mother Azubah is named as every queen mother in this book is named. The same qualifier attached to nearly every good king before him is attached here too: the high places were not taken away, so the people still offered and burnt incense there.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But old corruptions are with difficulty rooted out, especially when they have formerly had the patronage of those that were good, as the high places had of Samuel, Solomon, and some others. (2.) His affairs did well. He prevented the mischiefs which had attended their wars with the kingdom of Israel, establishing a lasting peace (
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And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The high places were not taken away - In 2Ch 17:6, it is expressly said, that he did take away the high places. Allowing that the text is right in 2 Chron., the two places may be easily reconciled. There were two kinds of high places in the land: 1. Those used for idolatrous purposes. 2. Those that were consecrated to God, and were used before the temple was built. The former he did take away; the latter he did not. But some think the parallel place in 2Ch 17:6 is corrupted, and that, instead of ועוד הסיר veod hesir, “and moreover he took away,” we should read, ולא הסיר velo hesir, “and he did Not take away.”
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַ֥ךְ | ʾakh | only | H389 → | 161 times |
| הַבָּמ֖וֹת | habamot | the high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| סָ֑רוּ | saru | they were removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| ע֥וֹד | od | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| הָעָ֛ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| מְזַבְּחִ֥ים | mezabechim | [were] sacrificing | H2076 → | 134 times |
| וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים | umekaterim | and making smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ | babamot | at the high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
| הַיָּשָׁ֖ר | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
אַ֥ךְonly
ʾakhH389 →161 times
הַבָּמ֖וֹתthe high places
habamotH1116 →102 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
סָ֑רוּthey were removed
saruH5493 →299 times
ע֥וֹדstill
odH5750 →490 times
הָעָ֛םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים[were] sacrificing
mezabechimH2076 →134 times
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖יםand making smoke
umekaterimH6999 →116 times
בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃at the high places
babamotH1116 →102 times
הַיָּשָׁ֖רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 4:27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:32
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
- Joshua 1:7
Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that…
- Deuteronomy 28:14
Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
- Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
- Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Deuteronomy 5:32
Through
2 Kings 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:4
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 14:4
Through
1 Kings 15:14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:61
So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- 1 Kings 15:3
And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather…
- 1 Kings 8:61
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.