2 Chronicles 15:17 “The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was full…”

2 Chronicles 15:17

The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

World English Bible

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

American Standard Version

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the hie places were not taken away out of Israel: yet the heart of Asa was perfit all his dayes.

Darby Translation

But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

Young's Literal Translation

yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.

Bible in Basic English

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

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Cross references

“the high places”

2 Chronicles 14:3–5 1 Kings 22:43 2 Kings 12:3 2 Kings 14:4 1 Kings 3:2–4 Deuteronomy 12:13

2 Chronicles 14:3–5 · BSB

He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

1 Kings 22:43 · BSB

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 not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned…

2 Kings 12:3 · BSB

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

2 Kings 14:4 · BSB

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

1 Kings 3:2–4 · BSB

The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

Deuteronomy 12:13 · BSB

Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;

“the heart of Asa”

1 Kings 11:4 2 Chronicles 16:7–12

1 Kings 11:4 · BSB

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

2 Chronicles 16:7–12 · BSB

At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

18And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.

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