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2 Kings 12:3

But the high places were not taken away; the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.

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But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

In Context

2Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.

4And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things, which comes into the house of the Lord, (the amount fixed for every man's payment,) and all the money given by any man freely from the impulse of his heart,

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.

1 Kings 22:43He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord;\

2 Kings 15:3And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

2 Kings 18:3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

2 Kings 22:2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

Jeremiah 2:20For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:2-4

The Reign of Joash, King of Judah. ( b. c. 878.) 1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. The general account here given of Joash is, 1. That he reigned forty years. As he began his reign… Read the whole commentary →

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