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2 Kings 15:35

Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.

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ASV

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

KJV

Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רַ֤קrakonlyH7535 →
הַבָּמוֹת֙ha.ba.mOtthe high placesH1116 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
סָ֔רוּSa.ruthey were removedH5493 →
ע֗וֹדodstillH5750 →
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
מְזַבְּחִ֥יםme.za.be.Chim[were] sacrificingH2076 →
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖יםu.me.ka.te.Rimand [were] making smokeH6999 →
בַּבָּמ֑וֹתba.ba.Motat the high placesH1116 →
ה֗וּאHu'heH1931 →
בָּנָ֛הba.Nahhe builtH1129 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שַׁ֥עַרSha.'ar[the] gate ofH8179 →
בֵּית־beit-[the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ha.'el.Yon<the> upperH5945 →

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2 Chronicles 23:20He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,2 Kings 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.Ezekiel 9:2And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.2 Chronicles 32:12Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?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 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.2 Chronicles 27:3–9Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.2 Kings 14:4Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.Isaiah 65:7both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”Jeremiah 26:10When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.1 Kings 3:3And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.Jeremiah 36:10From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

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