1 Kings 15:14

But the high places he did not take away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

In Context

13Moreover he also removed his mother Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron:

15And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and he had vowed, into the house of the Lord, silver and gold, and vessels.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:2But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: far there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.

1 Kings 8:61Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord our God, that we may walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments, as at this day.

1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: end his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

2 Kings 12:3But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 15:4But the high places he did not destroy: for the people sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Chronicles 14:5And he took away out of all the cities of Juda the altars, and temples, and reigned in peace.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:10-25

Asa's Reign. ( b. c. 914.) 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord , as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a… Read the whole commentary →

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