1 Kings 15:14

But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.

ASV Byzantine Text

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

13And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

15And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

1 Kings 8:61Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to 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; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

2 Kings 12:3Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 15:4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Chronicles 14:5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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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