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2 Chronicles 15:17

Asa did not destroy the high places, even though he was faithful to God all 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.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the high places were not removed from Isra'el. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted throughout his life.
Darby Translation
But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
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 Asa felt encouraged when he heard these words and the message from Obed the prophet. Then he removed the hated idols from the whole area of Judah and Benjamin. He also removed the hated idols from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the Lord 's altar that was in front of the porch of the Lord 's Temple. 9 Then Asa gathered all the people from Judah and Benjamin and the people from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had moved from the country of Israel to live in the country of Judah. A great many of these people came to Judah because they saw that the Lord , Asa's God, was with him. 10 Asa and these people gathered together in Jerusalem on the third month in the 15th year of Asa's rule. 11 At that time they sacrificed 700 bulls and 7000 sheep and goats to the Lord . Asa's army had taken the animals and other valuable things from their enemies. 12 Then they made an agreement to serve the Lord God with all their heart and with all their soul. He is the God their ancestors served. 13 Anyone who refused to serve the Lord God was to be killed. It did not matter if that person was important or not or if that person was a man or woman. 14 Then Asa and the people made an oath to the Lord . They shouted it out loudly and blew their trumpets and rams' horns. 15 All the people of Judah were happy about the oath, because they had promised with all their heart. They followed God with all their heart. They looked for God and found him, so the Lord gave them peace in all the country. 16 King Asa also removed Maacah, his mother, from being queen mother. He did this because she had set up one of those awful poles to honor the goddess Asherah. Asa cut down that Asherah pole, smashed it into small pieces, and burned the pieces in the Kidron Valley. 17 Asa did not destroy the high places, even though he was faithful to God all 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
But Abram said, "Lord God , there is nothing you can give me that will make me happy, because I have no son. My slave Eliezer from Damascus will get everything I own after I die."
Genesis 15:3
Abram said, "You have given me no son, so a slave born in my house will get everything I have."
Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, "I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 15:19
This is the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord brought you out of Egypt to make you his own special people. He saved you from Egypt. It was as if he pulled you from a hot furnace. And now you are his people.
Judges 6:21
The angel of the Lord had a walking stick in his hand. He touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick, and fire jumped up out of the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel of the Lord disappeared.
Judges 13:20
Manoah and his wife were watching what happened. As the flames went up to the sky from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they bowed down with their faces to the ground.
2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke came from his nose. Burning flames came from his mouth. Red-hot coals fell from him.
1 Chronicles 21:26
David built an altar for worshiping the Lord there. David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He prayed to the Lord . The Lord answered David by sending fire down from heaven. The fire came down on the altar of burnt offering.
Isaiah 62:1
I love Zion, so I will continue to speak for her. I love Jerusalem, so I will not stop speaking. I will speak until goodness shines like a bright light, until salvation burns bright like a flame.

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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