2 Kings 15:35 “Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continue…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

However 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 LORD’s house.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the hie places were not put away: for the people yet offered and burnt incense in the hie places: he buylt the hyest gate of the house of the Lord.

Darby Translation

Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

Only, the high places have not turned aside — yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places; he hath built the high gate of the house of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“Howbeit”

2 Kings 15:4 2 Kings 18:4 2 Chronicles 32:12

2 Kings 15:4 · BSB

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

2 Kings 18:4 · BSB

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 had burned incense to…

2 Chronicles 32:12 · BSB

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’?

“the higher gate”

2 Chronicles 27:3–9

2 Chronicles 27:3–9 · BSB

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

Also

2 Chronicles 23:20 2 Kings 12:3

2 Chronicles 23:20 · BSB

And he 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 Up…

2 Kings 12:3 · BSB

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

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

In context

34And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

36As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Read 2 Kings 15