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2 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

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ASV

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

KJV

Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רַ֥קrakonlyH7535 →
הַבָּמ֖וֹתha.ba.Motthe high placesH1116 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
סָ֑רוּSa.ruthey were removedH5493 →
ע֥וֹדodstillH5750 →
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
מְזַבְּחִ֥יםme.za.be.Chim[were] sacrificingH2076 →
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖יםu.me.ka.te.Rimand [were] making smokeH6999 →
בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ba.ba.Motat the high placesH1116 →

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2 Chronicles 33:17Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.1 Kings 22:43And 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.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.1 Kings 15:14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.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 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.2 Kings 15:35Nevertheless, 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.2 Kings 14:4Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.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.

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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