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THE MESSAGE
2 Kings 15:4
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Christian Standard Bible®
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Hebrew Names Version
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
King James Version
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
English Standard Version
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
New Century Version
But the places where gods were worshiped were not removed, so the people still made sacrifices and burned incense there.
But the places where gods were worshiped were not removed, so the people still made sacrifices and burned incense there.
New English Translation
But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
Amplified Bible
Only [the altars on] the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [instead of worshiping God at the temple].
Only [the altars on] the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [instead of worshiping God at the temple].
New American Standard Bible
Only the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Only the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the hie places were not put away: for the people yet offered, and burned incense in the hie places.
But the hie places were not put away: for the people yet offered, and burned incense in the hie places.
Legacy Standard Bible
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Contemporary English Version
But Azariah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
But Azariah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered on the high places.
However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered on the high places.
Darby Translation
Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Easy-to-Read Version
But he did not destroy the high places. People still made sacrifices and burned incense in these places of worship.
But he did not destroy the high places. People still made sacrifices and burned incense in these places of worship.
George Lamsa Translation
But the temple of idols he did not remove; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
But the temple of idols he did not remove; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Good News Translation
But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
Lexham English Bible
Only he did not remove the high places; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Only he did not remove the high places; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Literal Translation
however, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
however, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
sauynge that they put not downe the hye places. For the people dyd sacryfice and brent incense yet vpon the hye places.
sauynge that they put not downe the hye places. For the people dyd sacryfice and brent incense yet vpon the hye places.
American Standard Version
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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.
But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saue that the high places were not put a way: For the people offered and burnt incense still on the high places.
Saue that the high places were not put a way: For the people offered and burnt incense still on the high places.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.
King James Version (1611)
Saue that the high places were not remoued: the people sacrificed, and burnt incense still on the high places.
Saue that the high places were not remoued: the people sacrificed, and burnt incense still on the high places.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Only he took not away any of the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
Only he took not away any of the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
English Revised Version
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
netheles he distriede not hiy thingis; yit the puple made sacrifice, and brente encense in hiye thingis.
netheles he distriede not hiy thingis; yit the puple made sacrifice, and brente encense in hiye thingis.
Young's Literal Translation
only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Webster's Bible Translation
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
World English Bible
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
New King James Version
except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
New Living Translation
But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
New Life Bible
But the high places were not taken away. The people still gave gifts and burned special perfume on the high places.
But the high places were not taken away. The people still gave gifts and burned special perfume on the high places.
New Revised Standard
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Only, the high places, took they not away, - still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.
Only, the high places, took they not away, - still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the high places he did not destroy, for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.
But the high places he did not destroy, for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.
Revised Standard Version
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Contextual Overview
1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king in Judah. He was sixteen years old when he began his rule and he was king for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah. She was from Jerusalem. He did well in the eyes of God , following in the footsteps of his father Amaziah. But he also failed to get rid of the local sex-and-religion shrines; they continued to be popular with the people. God afflicted the king with a bad skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in the palace but no longer acted as king; his son Jotham ran the government and ruled the country. 6The rest of the life and times of Azariah, everything he accomplished, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. Azariah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Jotham his son was king after him.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the high places: 2 Kings 15:35, 2 Kings 14:4, 2 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 32:12, 2 Chronicles 34:3
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:3 - only he 2 Kings 15:34 - according 2 Chronicles 33:17 - people
Cross-References
2 Samuel 7:12
God's Covenant with David Before long, the king made himself at home and God gave him peace from all his enemies. Then one day King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am, comfortable in a luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest of God sits in a plain tent." Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you." But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, "Go and tell my servant David: This is God 's word on the matter: You're going to build a ‘house' for me to live in? Why, I haven't lived in a ‘house' from the time I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt till now. All that time I've moved about with nothing but a tent. And in all my travels with Israel, did I ever say to any of the leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, ‘Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?' "So here is what you are to tell my servant David: The God -of-the-Angel-Armies has this word for you: I took you from the pasture, tagging along after sheep, and made you prince over my people Israel. I was with you everywhere you went and mowed your enemies down before you. Now I'm making you famous, to be ranked with the great names on earth. And I'm going to set aside a place for my people Israel and plant them there so they'll have their own home and not be knocked around any more. Nor will evil men afflict you as they always have, even during the days I set judges over my people Israel. Finally, I'm going to give you peace from all your enemies. "Furthermore, God has this message for you: God himself will build you a house! When your life is complete and you're buried with your ancestors, then I'll raise up your child, your own flesh and blood, to succeed you, and I'll firmly establish his rule. He will build a house to honor me, and I will guarantee his kingdom's rule permanently. I'll be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. When he does wrong, I'll discipline him in the usual ways, the pitfalls and obstacles of this mortal life. But I'll never remove my gracious love from him, as I removed it from Saul, who preceded you and whom I most certainly did remove. Your family and your kingdom are permanently secured. I'm keeping my eye on them! And your royal throne will always be there, rock solid." Nathan gave David a complete and accurate account of everything he heard and saw in the vision. King David went in, took his place before God , and prayed: "Who am I, my Master God , and what is my family, that you have brought me to this place in life? But that's nothing compared to what's coming, for you've also spoken of my family far into the future, given me a glimpse into tomorrow, my Master God ! What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God , just as I am. You've done all this not because of who I am but because of who you are—out of your very heart!—but you've let me in on it. "This is what makes you so great, Master God ! There is none like you, no God but you, nothing to compare with what we've heard with our own ears. And who is like your people, like Israel, a nation unique in the earth, whom God set out to redeem for himself (and became most famous for it), performing great and fearsome acts, throwing out nations and their gods left and right as you saved your people from Egypt? You established for yourself a people—your very own Israel!—your people permanently. And you, God , became their God. "So now, great God , this word that you have spoken to me and my family, guarantee it permanently! Do exactly what you've promised! Then your reputation will flourish always as people exclaim, ‘The God -of-the-Angel-Armies is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will remain sure and solid in your watchful presence. For you, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God, told me plainly, ‘I will build you a house.' That's how I was able to find the courage to pray this prayer to you. "And now, Master God , being the God you are, speaking sure words as you do, and having just said this wonderful thing to me, please, just one more thing: Bless my family; keep your eye on them always. You've already as much as said that you would, Master God ! Oh, may your blessing be on my family permanently!"
God's Covenant with David Before long, the king made himself at home and God gave him peace from all his enemies. Then one day King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am, comfortable in a luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest of God sits in a plain tent." Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you." But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, "Go and tell my servant David: This is God 's word on the matter: You're going to build a ‘house' for me to live in? Why, I haven't lived in a ‘house' from the time I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt till now. All that time I've moved about with nothing but a tent. And in all my travels with Israel, did I ever say to any of the leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, ‘Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?' "So here is what you are to tell my servant David: The God -of-the-Angel-Armies has this word for you: I took you from the pasture, tagging along after sheep, and made you prince over my people Israel. I was with you everywhere you went and mowed your enemies down before you. Now I'm making you famous, to be ranked with the great names on earth. And I'm going to set aside a place for my people Israel and plant them there so they'll have their own home and not be knocked around any more. Nor will evil men afflict you as they always have, even during the days I set judges over my people Israel. Finally, I'm going to give you peace from all your enemies. "Furthermore, God has this message for you: God himself will build you a house! When your life is complete and you're buried with your ancestors, then I'll raise up your child, your own flesh and blood, to succeed you, and I'll firmly establish his rule. He will build a house to honor me, and I will guarantee his kingdom's rule permanently. I'll be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. When he does wrong, I'll discipline him in the usual ways, the pitfalls and obstacles of this mortal life. But I'll never remove my gracious love from him, as I removed it from Saul, who preceded you and whom I most certainly did remove. Your family and your kingdom are permanently secured. I'm keeping my eye on them! And your royal throne will always be there, rock solid." Nathan gave David a complete and accurate account of everything he heard and saw in the vision. King David went in, took his place before God , and prayed: "Who am I, my Master God , and what is my family, that you have brought me to this place in life? But that's nothing compared to what's coming, for you've also spoken of my family far into the future, given me a glimpse into tomorrow, my Master God ! What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God , just as I am. You've done all this not because of who I am but because of who you are—out of your very heart!—but you've let me in on it. "This is what makes you so great, Master God ! There is none like you, no God but you, nothing to compare with what we've heard with our own ears. And who is like your people, like Israel, a nation unique in the earth, whom God set out to redeem for himself (and became most famous for it), performing great and fearsome acts, throwing out nations and their gods left and right as you saved your people from Egypt? You established for yourself a people—your very own Israel!—your people permanently. And you, God , became their God. "So now, great God , this word that you have spoken to me and my family, guarantee it permanently! Do exactly what you've promised! Then your reputation will flourish always as people exclaim, ‘The God -of-the-Angel-Armies is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will remain sure and solid in your watchful presence. For you, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God, told me plainly, ‘I will build you a house.' That's how I was able to find the courage to pray this prayer to you. "And now, Master God , being the God you are, speaking sure words as you do, and having just said this wonderful thing to me, please, just one more thing: Bless my family; keep your eye on them always. You've already as much as said that you would, Master God ! Oh, may your blessing be on my family permanently!"
2 Samuel 16:11
"Besides," continued David to Abishai and the rest of his servants, "my own son, my flesh and bone, is right now trying to kill me; compared to that this Benjaminite is small potatoes. Don't bother with him; let him curse; he's preaching God 's word to me. And who knows, maybe God will see the trouble I'm in today and exchange the curses for something good."
"Besides," continued David to Abishai and the rest of his servants, "my own son, my flesh and bone, is right now trying to kill me; compared to that this Benjaminite is small potatoes. Don't bother with him; let him curse; he's preaching God 's word to me. And who knows, maybe God will see the trouble I'm in today and exchange the curses for something good."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Save 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
2 Kings 12:3.
