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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not removed from Isra'el. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted throughout his life.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Azariah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Places;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Place;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Prophecy, Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - High Place;  

Devotionals:

- My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for April 15;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholeheartedly devoted his entire life.
Hebrew Names Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Yisra'el: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
King James Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
English Standard Version
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days.
New Century Version
But the places of worship to gods were not removed from Judah. Even so, Asa was faithful all his life.
New English Translation
The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.
Amplified Bible
But the high places [of pagan worship] were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.
New American Standard Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the hie places were not taken away out of Israel: yet the heart of Asa was perfit all his dayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was wholly devoted all his days.
Berean Standard Bible
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa's heart was fully devoted all his days.
Contemporary English Version
As long as Asa lived, he was faithful to the Lord , even though he did not destroy the local shrines in Israel.
Darby Translation
But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
Easy-to-Read Version
Asa did not destroy the high places, even though he was faithful to God all his life.
George Lamsa Translation
But the altars on the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect in the worship of the LORD his God all the days of his life.
Good News Translation
Even though Asa did not destroy all the pagan places of worship in the land, he remained faithful to the Lord all his life.
Lexham English Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was fully devoted all his days.
Literal Translation
Yet the high places were not removed from Israel. Only, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the hye places were not put downe out of Israel. Yet was the hert of Asa perfecte as longe as he lyued.
American Standard Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But al the high places were not taken away out of Israel, though the heart of Asa was perfect all his dayes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.
King James Version (1611)
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: neuerthelesse the heart of Asa was perfect all his dayes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
English Revised Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But hiy places weren left in Israel; netheles the herte of Asa was riytful in alle hise daies.
Update Bible Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
New King James Version
But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.
New Living Translation
Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa's heart remained completely faithful throughout his life.
New Life Bible
But the high places were not taken away from Israel. Yet Asa's heart was without blame all his days.
New Revised Standard
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the high places, were not taken away out of Israel, - only, the heart of Asa, was perfect, all his days.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Revised Standard Version
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was blameless 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.

Contextual Overview

8 When Asa heard these words prophesied by ‘Oded the prophet, it gave him courage to throw the disgusting things out of the whole land of Y'hudah and Binyamin and out of the cities he had captured in the hills of Efrayim; he also renewed the altar of Adonai which was in front of the vestibule of Adonai . 9 Then he gathered all Y'hudah and Binyamin, along with those from Efrayim, M'nasheh and Shim‘on who were staying with him (for they had defected to him in large numbers upon seeing that Adonai his God was with him). 10 They assembled together at Yerushalayim in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign. 11 That day they sacrificed to Adonai 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought; 12 and they entered into a covenant to seek Adonai , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their being; 13 [they also agreed] that whoever refused to seek Adonai the God of Isra'el should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. 14 They swore this to Adonai in a loud voice, with shouting and blowing of trumpets and shofars. 15 All Y'hudah was full of joy at this oath; for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with all their will; and they found him, and Adonai gave them rest all around. 16 Asa the king also deposed Ma‘akhah his [grand]mother from her position as queen mother, because she had made a disgusting image for an asherah. Asa cut down this image of hers, chopped it into tiny pieces and burned it in Vadi Kidron. 17 But the high places were not removed from Isra'el. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted throughout his life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the high places: 2 Chronicles 14:3-5, Deuteronomy 12:13, Deuteronomy 12:14, 1 Kings 3:2-4, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 14:4

the heart of Asa: 2 Chronicles 16:7-12, 1 Kings 11:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:9 - perfect 1 Kings 15:11 - Asa 1 Kings 15:14 - was perfect 2 Chronicles 16:9 - to show himself 2 Chronicles 17:6 - he took away 2 Chronicles 33:17 - people Psalms 101:2 - a perfect Psalms 119:80 - sound

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
Avram replied, " Adonai , God, what good will your gifts be to me if I continue childless; and Eli‘ezer from Dammesek inherits my possessions?
Genesis 15:3
You haven't given me a child," Avram continued, "so someone born in my house will be my heir."
Genesis 15:18
That day Adonai made a covenant with Avram: "I have given this land to your descendants — from the Vadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River —
Genesis 15:19
the territory of the Keni, the K'nizi, the Kadmoni,
Deuteronomy 4:20
No, you Adonai has taken and brought out of the smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of inheritance for him, as you are today.
Judges 6:21
Then the angel of Adonai reached out with the stick he was holding, touched the meat and matzot, and fire shot up out of the rock and burned up the meat and matzot. Then the angel of Adonai disappeared before his eyes.
Judges 13:20
as the flame went up toward the sky from the altar, the angel of Adonai went up in the flame from the altar. When Manoach and his wife saw it, they fell to the ground on their faces.
2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke arose in his nostrils; and from his mouth, devouring fire, with coals blazing from it.
1 Chronicles 21:26
Then David built an altar to Adonai there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called on Adonai , who answered him from heaven by fire on the altar for burnt offerings.
Isaiah 62:1
For Tziyon's sake I will not be silent, for Yerushalayim's sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out brightly and her salvation like a blazing torch.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Comparing this verse with marginal references, it would seem that in 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 14:5 the intention and endeavors of the monarch are in the writer’s mind, while here he is speaking of the practice of the people. However earnestly the most pious monarchs sought to root out the high-place worship, they failed of complete success. Compare a similar discrepancy, to be similarly explained, in the history of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Chronicles 20:33.

The heart of Asa was perfect all his days - Not that Asa was sinless (see 2 Chronicles 16:2-10, 2 Chronicles 16:12); but that he was free from the sin of idolatry, and continued faithful to Yahweh all his life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 15:17. The high places were not taken away — He had totally suppressed or destroyed the idolatry; but some of the places, buildings, or altars, he permitted to remain.


 
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