2 Kings 14:4
in 2 Kings 14Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
KJV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHowbeit the high places were not taken away,.... Though he first did that which was right before God; nor did his father take them away; see 2Ki 12:3.
This site's exposition
yet not like David his father
on 2 Kings 14:3-4
Amaziah does right, but the text withholds David's full commendation and instead measures him against his own father Joash, whose early promise gave way to a fall at the end. The high places stand though the king begins well, the same qualified line used of Joash at 12:3. Both kings share the shape the narrator marks across the chapter: obedience at the start, apostasy that follows, and a conspiracy that ends the reign.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"In the second year of King Joash son of Ahaziah of Israel, King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah began to reign," who avenged the death of his father, but with moderation, so that he spared the life of the relatives of the conspirators according …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It is hard to get clear of those corruptions which, by long usage, have gained both prescription and a favourable opinion. On the bench; and there we have him doing justice on the traitors that murdered his father, not as soon as ever he came to the crown, lest it should occasion some disturbance, but he prudently deferred it till the kingdom was confirmed in his hand,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
As in the case of his father Joash, the early promise was belied by the devious course he personally followed in later life (see 2Ch 20:14), as well as by the public irregularities he tolerated in the kingdom.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רַ֥ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| הַבָּמ֖וֹת | habamot | the high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
| לֹא־ | 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 [were] making smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ | babamot | at the high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
רַ֥קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
הַבָּמ֖וֹתthe high places
habamotH1116 →102 times
לֹא־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 [were] making smoke
umekaterimH6999 →116 times
בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃at the high places
babamotH1116 →102 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
2 Kings 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:14
The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 18:4
He 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- 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.
- 1 Kings 15:14
Through
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.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 12:3
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 23:20
He 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…
- 2 Kings 12:3
Through
2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:2
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Deuteronomy 12:2
Through
2 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:12
Did 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’?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 16:1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.