2 Kings 15:4
in 2 Kings 15Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
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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
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseSave that the high places were not removed,.... That is, he did right, excepting in that instance, and which was the case of his father and other kings before him, and others afterwards, till Hezekiah came: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places; see 2Ki 12:3.
This site's exposition
right in the sight of the Lord
on 2 Kings 15:3-7
Azariah's reign is graded right, matched to his father Amaziah's, but the high places survive every reforming king before Hezekiah, and the people go on sacrificing where they are used to sacrificing. The Lord smites the king with leprosy; this chapter gives no reason, and 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 supplies one, that pride carried him past the priests into the sanctuary to burn incense, but Kings does not repeat that story here and the two books' separate telling is kept honest. He dwells in a several house, set apart as a leper, while Jotham his son governs from the house, and the closing formula and burial in the city of David end a reign longer than any other king of Judah's.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
In the book of Chronicles [it is written]: Uzziah "did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father David, and God made him prosper." "He built" fortresses "and palaces and high towers which were reinforced with iron bolts." "But when …
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority. began Azariah . . . to reign--The character of his reign is described by the brief formula employed by the inspired historian, in recording the religious policy of the later kings.
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 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…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 31:1
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 21:8–9
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:1
Through
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…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 12:3
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 15:14
The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
- 2 Kings 12:3
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 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…
- 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
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 22:43
Through
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.
it leads to
- Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in…
- Hosea 14:9
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 15:3; 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.